As my last act of 2008 I've written a blog post on the sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba/Creativity, along with corresponding poem and herb, here.
It's funny; as a blogger and a writer you can get pretty myopic about what's useful, what's appropriate, what fits, what doesn't, what's relevant, what works, and what is just plain good or not good. None of this becomes so clear as when you write for someone else's blog, let alone your mentor's!
So, suffice it to say, it was not the most unharrowing experience just to write this one little post. But hopefully it'll only sharpen my skills and make me a better composer for 2009.
Happy New Year everyone!
I am always amazed at what I learn whan a I read a blog post @ herbis orbis! Your guest post at planetary herbs was no exception; a good train of thought for the new year!
Posted by: Christine Knapp | December 31, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Most excellent! I love how you tied the most simple and elegant of pleasures--the sharing of food--into the idea of community. So basic yet so often lost.
Happy new year to you. xo.
Posted by: stu | January 03, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Damn. THANK you Stu and Chris!
Posted by: HerbisOrbis | January 03, 2009 at 11:12 PM
It is the somewhat unfortunate truth that even some of the greatest and most fondly regarded writers and artists in history met with, shall we say, a bit of "resistance" in their own time. Also, there is the happy truth that not everyone reads a thing the same way, even the first time through. Many see the beauty, even at first glance, that a few do not.
Or, in other words -- Never fear, dear Pinky. Your community loves you. Your creativity is unquestionably intact. Your way with words? Beautiful.
Posted by: Christina | January 06, 2009 at 03:26 PM
"Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound.
It can never flourish
'til its stalk is in the ground."
--Nick Drake, who should know.
Posted by: stu | January 15, 2009 at 12:57 AM