To do lists
Is anyone else's to do list for Christmas going the wrong direction? I knocked out several items off my list yesterday and today, but I seem to have added more than I finished. This cannot keep up! I'm also a little bit frustrated that I cannot show you the things that I have accomplished. Since many of my children read this blog, I cannot show anything ahead of time.
Consequently, I don't really have anything to write. I usually write about what I have been doing, but can't do that. Being holed up in my studio for hours on end is not conducive to interesting blog posts. So, to spare you from endless post about nothing, such as this one, I'm writing to warn you that until that to do list gets a little more under control, blogging here may be spotty.
Looking at my recent stats, though, it seems that blog reading is becoming increasingly spotty as well, so maybe this all works for the best. But I am curious. For those who read blogs, do you read as much? Do you spend more time in other online venues? I know I read fewer blogs than I used to, but some of that is the blogs I used to read aren't kept up the same way anymore. I just wonder if reading blogs is going the way of the dinosaur. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
(Really, this is just a sneaky way to have actual content, but not content I have to write.)
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Liturgy post... Streams in the Negev
Consequently, I don't really have anything to write. I usually write about what I have been doing, but can't do that. Being holed up in my studio for hours on end is not conducive to interesting blog posts. So, to spare you from endless post about nothing, such as this one, I'm writing to warn you that until that to do list gets a little more under control, blogging here may be spotty.
Looking at my recent stats, though, it seems that blog reading is becoming increasingly spotty as well, so maybe this all works for the best. But I am curious. For those who read blogs, do you read as much? Do you spend more time in other online venues? I know I read fewer blogs than I used to, but some of that is the blogs I used to read aren't kept up the same way anymore. I just wonder if reading blogs is going the way of the dinosaur. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
(Really, this is just a sneaky way to have actual content, but not content I have to write.)
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Liturgy post... Streams in the Negev
Comments
My favorite has been following Americans as they travel to China to adopt their new
little boy or girl; in some cases two of each.
My experience recently is that blogs basically don't exist anymore....I have two or three main favorites, whereas there used to be ten!
One of my favorites was "My Adoption Website"....one goes for months now without seeing anyone on there. Occasionally, the children are big enough now, and a new article is featured as
the parents bring the older( now) children back to China for a "historical" visit.
A few have intagrams now, but I do not know how to find them.
I love this "ordinary time" blog, as the mother writes of timely and common stages of a family's life...I enjoy her writing and appreciate it so much...I usually didn't comment, so I believe more people may follow blogs than the producers of it realize...I sign usually as anonymous, but I like the writer to know I am an elderly lady living in Vancouver, Wn. Thank you so much for continuing to blog...you brighten my life more than you know..Merry Christmas season to you all.
mary m, age 72
vancouver, wa.
Anonymous,
Mom to 3 kids from China, 2 with special needs
Maybe you can interview a kid about favorite traditions, or ask them to interview one another.
I appreciate your posting every day, in part because your writing is interesting whether it be about your daily doings, or more theoretically about the way a child’s brain works to overcome trauma and how that influences your educational efforts, and in part because I am not connected to any social media other than reading blogs. Your family life is fascinating and your writing is a pleasure to read.
Thank you for your contributions to blogland. Thank you for giving me insight into your world of adoption and homeschooling and American family life.
SJ