Books, Blogs and Making New Friends

My grandmother says we each write our own book, no one can write it for you.

I spent this week learning about RSS feeds. One of my more recent goals has been to seek out , subscribe to , follow , comment and share beautiful blogs. With so many to choose from , where to begin is overwhelming.

I decided to choose three that I love and choose three from each of those blogrolls.

When I was small my grandmother gave me a book titled The Fairy Caravan. Grandma and I share a love of fairytales and I cherished it before reading the first page. I was an adult before I realized the author was Beatrix Potter and then I loved it even more.

The hardcover corners had been worn down to soft round points. The criss-crossing fibers in the cloth binding were bleached to an ivory tone against a patina finish of the original green. On the face was pasted a smooth sheet of yellow paper with a loosely colored pen and ink illustration of pigmy creatures and a circus cart. The pages were yellowed and thick with the texture of felt and a smell that is distinct to that of dusty beloved books.

As I found my way through the favorites sites of my favored sites, I indeed began to choose a book by its cover. Landing on the home page, each blog provides its own immediate tone and look and feel and smell and taste. Delicious photographs of wintery windows and summer fruit, colorful socks and new years’ resolutions invite you into the author’s intimate inspirations.

Haven given myself a decided timeframe to complete my task, choosing the first blogs to subscribe too have been picked by instinct rather than research. So far I am thrilled with my selections.

www.NectarandLight.com has introduced me to the world of Polaroid art photography. I will be retrieving my Polaroid camera from the depths of my pantry this weekend and soon be posting my own inspired instant films.

http://abbytrysagain.typepad.com won me over in title, then pictures, then content. I feel this author’s inspiration and excitement about creation and cannot wait to tell her so.

sparrowsalvage.blogspot.com shares my love of all treasures rusty and tattered. Although we have never been introduced, we share a nagging passion for field-walking , collecting bits of history turned up in soil and washed ashore.

Each one these authors is literally writing her book and sharing it with all the world. So often I find it intimidating to share my daily inspirations. For quite some time now, I have felt like the new kid at school. Shy and timid to join the kids on the playground. The funny thing is, this is so not like me in daily life where I am outgoing and able to chat with just about anyone new.

After reading as many backposts is possible, I have decided that it is time to join the party.
It is time to be fearless and share of myself in the same way these author’s do. If I am lucky, I will meet a world of like-minded artists and authors that admire my place in cyberspace as I do theirs. I have also decided that the DimeStorePretty site is long overdue for a make over.

If you have taken the time to read this entire blathering post, I thank you and am entirely flattered. Please do me the favor of response and share with me some of your favorite blogs?
Have you met other authors online and begun to develop new friendships this way?

I know that my site has a few followers am eternally grateful for your interest.
With time being such a precious commodity in life, I hope that you enjoy your visits to my little space and will stop by again soon and some time say hello.

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