Here goes nothing!

This blog was built on the idea that it's time for me to take some time for my own creativity.  I specifically want to focus on writing, but I want to foster any other creative efforts I have as well.  I love photography, and that has also fallen by the wayside (though Santa brought me a new digicam for Christmas this year!).  I want to learn how to cook better, because I enjoy eating.  And I love to bake, and my stand-mixer has just not gotten enough use recently.

The common thread of these things is that they are creative processes I enjoy doing, but haven't done often enough.  Things "fall by the wayside" all too often.  Even this blog has been updated frequently, but somewhat sporadically. 

It's not enough to take time for my own creativity, I have to make time as well.  Sometimes the hardest part of the job is showing up.  With that in mind, I have joined Thing A Day (TaD).


I invite anyone who wants to take time but has trouble making time for their own creativity to join up as well.  I won't lie, I'm not particularly confident of my creative forces for consistently doing something every day in February.  But I'm going to do it anyway.  It's time to get the creative side of my brain in gear.

The plan is fairly simple.  I will bake 5-10 items in February, though likely closer to 5, so my roommate doesn't throw me to the winter's cold.  I will cook 5-10 things to eat in February, again I expect it to be closer to 5 because I have a hard time making food work.  My good friend J is going to send me 10 words a day to use in my writing, and I will be working with that strongly (I've committed to her that even if I don't use all of her words in February, I will over time).  And I will be playing with my new digicam and trying to photograph things and work within the confines of it to make decent photographs.  All of this mess will be posted here and there, or here with a link from there to here.  I haven't decided.

Good luck to those who have joined up, and to those who are considering it.  As for anyone who just wants to watch, please pull up a chair.  I still have all that tea, and though I'm blazing through it, I am happy to share.