To Blog or Not to Blog

Maybe I should say, will I be able to keep up with this blog?



I enjoy reading some other people's blogs but always wonder just how much should you say, how much to disclose. Are blogs just for idle musing; saying something important; or just jabbering on about your life and observations.


I've always been artistically inclined since I can remember. I used to create a small little newspaper for my 7th grade teacher called the "Daily Tiny", complete with little drawings to punctuate my stories. My teacher was a nun at Sacred Heart school in Seattle. I was always sketching and doodling. I remember taking the long leaves from the daffodils in our backyard, drying them and then weaving them into mats.


My mom Eva was an incredible seamstress and she taught me everything she knew. Sewing clothes was okay but I found it boring. One day I saw an ad in the back of Vogue Sewing magazine offering an "authentic Victorian Corset" pattern. Ooo, that was for me. Once I got the pattern I had to figure out where to find such things as spring steel bones and busks (huh?). That research led me to find groups of people in the San Francisco Bay Area that were involved in not only wearing costumes but going to events/dances where you could wear your creations. It was like Alice falling down the bunny hole. It's a long story but eventually I co-founded a group of like-minded costumers that is still going strong today after 17 years. It's called The Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild. I've stepped away from it, in part because I have a mother who is in early Alzheimer's and a husband who is about to be deployed to Iraq in February. The ladies who are running the Guild now are so incredible and dedicated that I feel I can step away and it will continue on under their very competent guidance. While I'm keep my toes in it by going to costume events and teaching workshops, it's time for me to move on and explore new things.

One of my other passions I'm rediscovering is cake decorating. Well, cake decorating is a somewhat limited terms. I also love doing gingerbread and cookies. More on that in future posts.

That's it for now.