Wading In the Stream of Consciousness

Today this Typepad blog is one year old.   I started blogging originally with a freebie blog in August of 2005, then by November of that year, I decided I wanted more freedom, and set this one up. In some ways it feels now like I've been blogging forever, and in other ways I still feel like a newbie, unsure of my footing - oops, sorry! Didn't mean to step on anyone...still trying to get my blog legs.  Figure out where I'm going with all of this...sort of like life, huh?

Mostly I'm just wading through my stream of consciousness. Which brings me to Miss Daisy Lupin's latest monthly challenge  of the same name. She listed several topics/themes, which is nice to have a choice. But I'm feeling indecisive tonight and can't seem to choose among them, so I thought I'd see what I could dredge up from the stream if I threw them all in. Probably a muddy mess. I'm kicking off the boots to wade in and muddle through. I may have to use them out of order, and I'm liable to make a muddy mess of it, but  I'll try to continue on with the post, using her list of suggestions.

Here's Daisy's list of words and phrases:

sublime
glimmer in the dark
spick and span
cunning
moonstruck
out of alignment
patience
birds of a feather
shimmering
catastrophe
blue moon
devotion
disbelief
energy
way forward
with the eyes of a child

Even though I have little energy tonight (my chakras must be out of alignment), but  I really wanted to post, because blog-a-versaries only come along once in a blue moon, you know?  I'm shaking my head in disbelief - has it really been a whole year already?  What a year it has been, too -  as I've surfed the web looking for fellow bloggers with the same interests; find my bohemian tribe - birds of a feather, if you will. As I blogged along, I found others shining their lights in the blogosphere - each one like a little glimmer in the dark. Every time I'd find a kindred spirit, I'd gaze at their blogs,  shimmering on my screen, with the eyes of a child. It was a feeling so sublime I'd feel moonstruck. I would become an avid fan, reading your blogs with almost daily devotion. I'm so thankful for you all, for the inspiration of  your blogs and comments; for your patience with my posts, as they tend more towards punning than cunning. Thank you for your support, as I continue on my way forward, blogging on. I can't imagine not having this blogworld in my life, now that I've found all of you -  what a catastrophe that would be!

Whew! If you made it this far with me, thank you for your patience, gentle readers - thank you for staying on the journey with me this past year. Time to step out of the stream of consciousness and dry off.

Note: I originally started this drawing (8-1/2x11, Conte crayon - a medium that's really more like a dry pastel - on paper) of my husband's boots late (way too late!) last night thinking of using them for an illustration for this week's Sunday Scribblings  prompt, 'Hero' - because he is my hero, everyday. But as usual, I'm running out of time on too many projects. So I'll have to write about my hero, Captain K., another day.  However, I'm still posting his boots for Art Everyday Month.  For those of you keeping track of NaNoWriMo, well - with only 10 days left (really nine, now!) I'm at 22,359. Still trudging on the journey, though. One step, one word, at a time.

 

Comments

[Caroline]

Love those boots - I wonder if I could fit them onto a butterfly????

Love your stream of consciousness and the idea of drying off from it too... you know I've always found that my metaphors get really stretched in the wash too.

xx

[miss*R]

and dear miss Tinker, I am thankful for you too! am I one of your birds of a feather? ooh I hope so & I hope our online friendship continues for many more years. Happy birthblogday xoxo

[Marilyn]

Happy Blogiversary! My 1-year Typepad anniversary skipped by me totally forgotten last Spring...as did my 3-year (total) blogiversary a couple of months ago. I guess after awhile, it starts to feel like we've just ALWAYS done this. :)

[Jill]

Congratulations and happy blog birthday!

[Pam Aries]

How clever of you, my Dear!..using all the cues! I am happy you started your blog!!!

[janet]

Happy Blog-iversary! Im glad you waded in and managed to incorporate all the words and phrases into this piece. And I don't think it got muddy at all!

Love the boots, too!

[artzyjudie]

Girl, your writing is amazing. I just don't know how you get all those thoughts streaming thru your lil' head. Just amazing!

[Paris Parfait]

Terri, your stream of consciousness is so incredibly clever! The art is great too. Congrats on your blog-a-versary and here's to many more! Your writing enriches us all! Merci bien, mon cher ami! xo

[Ang]

Happy blog anniversary, there must be something in the air, lots of unsettleness.
Ang

[lisa]

Happy Blogiversary. I love your stream of consciousness writing. You always manage to tickle me.

[Pacian]

Beltaed happy birthday, Tinker's blog!

[Pacian]

Belated happy birthday, Tinker's blog! I got you a present: this lovely comment.

Don't eat it all at once!

[Cara Fletcher]

When doing my blog I used the stream of consciousness writing technique which allows me to write whatever I want.