I have never had a spectacular New Years Eve.

No champagne.
No party with streamers and horns.
No hat.

Perhaps a kiss.

I am old enough to not let this bother me.
I use to think that everyone else was having so much more fun than I was.
I'm over that.

For me the New Year represents another year of blogging.
I started on Jan. 1, 2004.

I have blogged nearly every day for eight years and I still love it.

In Jan of 2004 I shared some quotes I found in a small resource book;
Writer's Inc. was very encouraging.

"There is one type of writing, however, that may have more to offer than most movies. It is called personal writing, or writing that comes from within, carried out because you have a personal need to explore or share your experiences."

"Once you get into personal writing, you'll soon realize your thoughts and experiences are no more than starting points. You'll begin to turn these initial ideas inside out and see them in new ways. This might sound like heady stuff, but it really isn't. Personal writing is simply an effective way to examine your world."

"Journal writing works best when it is done on a regular basis....The important point is to get into a writing routine."

"In the best of all worlds, journal writing will become a very important part of your life, right up there with good friends and good food. But we will settle for something far more practical and down to earth: That through journal writing you will begin to feel more comfortable with the physical act of writing and more confident in your ability to express yourself."


"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it,...and, above all. accurately so they will be guided by its light."
-Joseph Pulitzer

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Just this morning I stumbled upon an artist named Abbott Henderson Thayer.

Source: iiiinspired.blogspot.com via Donna on Pinterest

How gorgeous.


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First day with my big girl camera.
Little Katie. 2006.


There, how's that for a discombobulated post?
Ah well.


Happy New Year!!


Encourage one another,
Donna