Writing Again, At Last...

8/1/08

You know that feeling you get...the feeling you get after not doing something you love for a long time...whether due to lack of interest, or lack of time, or whatever. You feel strange, you feel anticipation. You want to do it again, but there's the whole "starting over" thing to keep in mind. Do you really want to exhaust that kind of energy again? Are you really willing to devote a large chunk of your life to this passion? And why do you want to do this again? Why did you quit in the first place?

That's how I get when it comes to writing and blogging. I maintain a more personal blog on another site that is exclusively for close friends. Just updates on my life and such. But for a while there, I was blogging for the rest of the world. It wasn't all that interesting of a blog...about knitting and sewing and crafty stuff. About cooking, and small bits about family life. But just writing it down, cropping pictures and posting them for the world to see, that was the thrill. Oh, and to check my email every day in anticipation of a comment or two...and when my blog started growing and more people started reading it, and more comments resulted. Ah, attention! Because really, that's why we keep these blogs, isn't it?

So here I am, back to blogging again. A new site, a new blog, a completely different time in my life. Welcome! Here I will ramble on and on about pregnancy, childbirth, herbalism, women's rights, the odd crafty bits and pieces, and my family. I will talk about the flaws in modern obstetrical care, why women need to resume the traditional role in caring for other women during pregnancy and birth...I will journal my learnings and experiences with herbs, the beautiful members of the plant world...you will see photos of my every day life and all that goes on in it; learning to cook more than just five meals a week, taking care of my beautiful animals, adventuring with my lovely husband, turning my urban backyard into a wild herb and veggie garden, traveling back and forth to Ireland...and you will see my journey as my husband and I try to conceive our first baby and learn to become parents.

Throw in some crazy challenges like starting my own childbirth business, dreaming of becoming a midwife one day, moving across the country, and keeping up with my yoga routine, and you have one pretty interesting, every day blog!

And now, it's raining! Again! Welcome to my life! :-)