Joan Didion

So...I had dinner with my girlfriends last night and one of them complimented me on this blog...she said she loves to read it and sometimes even shares it with co-workers...she even said she looks forward to it. Just as I was feeling good about it another girlfriend said,"I don't get it...like, what is it? what am I supposed to do with it? Do I have to answer it all the time?" The first woman said...,"No, you read it...it is there to read and affect you one way or another" and I said, "no one needs to answer my blog...it is for the universe to read..."

So...after that conversation I decided to print one of my all time favorite quotes from one of my favorite authors...

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means... What I want and what I fear."

Thanks Joan, I could not have said it better myself!

Day #1...10/03/09

I am going to try to write in this everyday...i don't know what about but I know i am interested in the process of writing...how to make it interesting...how to write so people will want to read it...how to make it uncommon...
i guess the first thing i need is a topic...i look over people's blogs and see lots of i am having a baby or we had a baby or hello to our families far away blogs...there are menopause blogs and fantasy football blogs...teacher, mommy, and girlfriend blogs...student blogs and artist blogs...food columnist blogs and celebrity blogs...all perhaps trying to recreate the success of the Julia/Julie success...
For me...i am going to write about what i know... just what I know...my experiences...my view of the world...and who would want to read this...who is interested in my perspective...and do i care...is it just for me? my kids? my family? my friends? or am i hoping for more...i guess i will have to wait and let this evolve...
saturday night in october...crisp, clear...we had my aunt's memorial mass today ...i loved seeing my family all together...my cousins, my uncles and aunts...i am embarassed that these people that share my blood have lived the ridiculous cliche...funerals and weddings...i had a hard time leaving the luncheon...i don't know when i will see them again...but i do know that if i ever need them...BAM...here they are.