Read Good Stuff Elsewhere!

I told my mom today that doing NaBloPoMo is low-pressure because it's my own blog and no one cares what I write, so I "can open up a window and just start typing."

But a few hours later I'm sitting here with nothing to talk about and it turns out that while you technically CAN "just start typing" when you've got nothing to say, it feels sort of... pointless.

So tonight, in lieu of boring you with my stream of consciousness, I hopped over to my Google Reader to grab some links, and am sharing a random sampling of some of my favorites tonight.

seeking Solomon... - I know I have told you before that you should be reading my sister's blog, but it bears repeating. You should be reading Miriel's blog! If you like my blog you will like hers, because she is like a way more awesome version of me. (I'm not saying this so that you'll tell me I'm awesome. I'm saying this because YOU SHOULD READ HER BLOG.)

dashoff - Diane is a long-time reader and commenter here, and she has a daughter two months older than Camilla and a daughter two months older than Blaise. (Cool!) I knew she was hilarious from her comments and her Twitter feed, but then she started a blog of her own a few months ago and I am totally hooked. She can't stop blogging ever now, or I'll go through severe withdrawal. (Diane, did you hear that?) If you're not reading dashoff, you are missing out.

Momopoly - Kate Wicker is smart and eloquent and kind and loving and a wonderful mother. (Yes, you can tell all this from her blog. Or I can, anyway.) Reading her makes me want to be a better person, not in a down-on-myself way but in a very uplifted way. If you read it maybe you'll feel the same.

are things complicated yet? - A'Dell is hilarious, y'all. I found her blog by complete random chance about a year ago, right before she gave birth to her daughter, and I loved her attitude toward the whole birth thing so I was hooked. I've been loving reading along, laughing at her stories and cooing over her daughter's cuteness all through A'Dell's first year as a mother, and it's been so much fun. Plus her little girl's first name is Camilla's middle name and her middle name is my middle name, so I think that's pretty cool. Read!

That's a good start, right? For more excellent reads check out the links to your left.

Comments

[Tracy]

I already read her blog. I just fail to comment often.

I'll check out the others.

and I know what you mean - no pressure. who reads me anyway? oh, at least 15 people, though nobody comments. But I forget to comment too, so I cannot complain. Ever.

:-).

[Manda]

Great idea! I'll do this post when I'm stumped as I try to muddle though NaBloPoMo. :)

[A'Dell]

Aw, thanks for the shout! This makes me feel like I should post more than 3x a month. :)

Right now I have a DOOZY stewing that I can never ever post because it's an ANGRY post about my father-in-law.

FAMILY DRAMA!

[Rosie_Kate]

Okay, so I've thought this a few times in the last few days reading your post, so now I'm just gonna give my unsolicited advice. :-P

In posting every day (or even throughout the rest of the year!), you shouldn't feel like you have to write a whole treatise on some particular topic in order to be interesting! We would still love to read a short anecdote, or a little incident that happened during your day, something cute Camilla said, or even just a sweet photo! I mean, I guess you can set whatever goals for your blog that you wish... I guess I'm just speaking from my experience of not hemming myself in. I make it my goal (though rarely met sometimes) to post something every day. And I make it a rule not to write along the lines of "we did this, and then we did this, and then we..." because that's boring. I try to write creatively, but I allow for the short or mundane. I'm not saying to only post that way (I do enjoy your pondering or philosophic posts), just maybe not rule it out.

So. That's just my 2 cents on your NaBloPoMo. :-)

[Laura]

You're right-- your sister's blog is lovely and I greatly enjoy reading it. Now I should probably go over there and tell her that! :-)

Speaking of sisters, mine also got a 1590 on her SAT! Small world, there can't be too many people that smart. My sister was annoyed because she remembers which one(!) question she got wrong. It's fun to have geniuses in the family, isn't it? Although, my husband was a bit intimidated by my family's dinner conversations at first. He's over it now!

[Diane]

Thank you so much, Arwen! It's sort of surreal to me, after reading you for so long without a blog of my own, to see you recommending that others come read me. It means a lot, so thank you again. :)

[Kate Wicker]

Well, now you made me cry in a good way. Thank you for the encouraging words. I needed them today.

God bless you.