Back to basics.....Quiet Life blog....

 ..'make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, attend to your own business and work with your hands.'

1 Thess 4:11-12

I wrote this post in January of 2004.  

The first week I started blogging.

My Instagram was hacked a few weeks ago and I can not seem to recover it.  It held fifteen years of stories and pictures and lots of other things, mostly silly.  I have started a new Instagram but I am not setting my heart on it being there forever.  In fact, the fact that this blog is still up and going is pretty remarkable.  Thank you blogger.

I did lose the comments three different times.  The most heartbreaking was losing the comments after Sue died.  The comments were a giant source of wisdom and comfort to me.  For over a year I posted when I struggled and you all came thru with kindness and virtual hugs.  Losing the comments was bad.

I was trying to share about my hair regrowth after chemo/cancer treatment on Instagram. I think it was helpful.  But, it is gone now too.  

I may try to post the videos I made here....if I can.  

It also makes me want to start printing pictures again.  

Nothing more secure feeling than having your pictures in a shoebox, in a closet.

New Insta Link:

mizbooshay_too

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Jan. 7, 2004

To blog or not to blog?

I really don't like conflict. Defending oneself is pretty futile.
Sharing something important or interesting...that's more like it :o)

Writer's Inc. is a helpful, encouraging resource.

"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."
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It is a gem of a book!

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"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


Encourage one another,
Donna