First an apology

 

An apology to those of you who read my email of this morning and who may have been offended, or startled, or bothered in some other way.  It probably wasn't very nice of me to have done that, but in all fairness I don't think I ever claimed to be nice.  I love a good joke, and while some may dispute it; I think that was an excellent joke. 

I am overdue for some new posts here at The Gypsy Wagon.  I started off  October like a house on fire - posting pictures everyday, and blogging consistently and then I just stopped.  Just like that.  It wasn't intentional - it's just that the photographs I took were so blah, and my stories seemed so boring, and the mundane details of my laundry, and errands and housekeeping and mothering made me feel that it would be cruel to subject you to them.  (Probably not as cruel as the previous post, but anyway.) 

And my grand plan of marking every day with a photo capturing a moment of  "This is My Life" failed when I started over-thinking it.  I set my expectations so high that when I wasn't happy with a photograph or when an idea didn't pan out, I didn't post at all.  I read so many terrific blogs with beautifully styled pictures and delicious prose; and I got caught up in comparing my blog to others.  That turned about to be about as helpful as reading Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition when starting a new diet.  A bit of self-defeating recrimination ensued, followed by some gnashing of teeth, some moaning and groaning, some cookie dough and a new hair do.  It all helped and I'm feeling much better now.

So October marched ahead, and I fell behind, and here I am frantically trying to scoop up the pieces of a month that threatens to end before I've become fully engaged.  I love October; it may well be my favorite month of the year and I don't want to miss it this year.  So.  I'm trying to slow down and dig in my heels and enjoy the final week of the month.  The weather is turning more October-y, and the leaves are swirling about as they should.  The lights in my house welcome me home when evening's darkness comes  early, and I'm drawn inside to the warmth of my family.

I've pulled out the sweaters, and the flannel sheets, the Crock Pot and the mulling spice, the corduroy pants and the soup recipes, the pumpkins and the candles and I'm going to surround myself with all of these pieces of October.  And I'm going to enjoy every minute of it.

Comments

[larahurley]

it's ok, you can post boring pics! and thanks for the "joke" b/c everyone i sent it to freaked out... haha tricks and treats

[dianeinjapan]

This sounds so much like me, with blogging--I'll vow to post more photos or write on some particular topic, and maybe do it for a week or two, then I'll inexplicably start up with that overthinking thing. So--I can relate!