I gave up considering myself more literate about computers than my kids, the day my son built me a new one years ago. Now that my other kid has started a blog, I guess I really gotta get on board.
I'm the writer, for God's sake. What's taken me so long? Good question.............
Well, for starters, I've often wondered who would care what I wrote about? I mean, I write for a living and I love what I do, but the thought of reaching a potentially larger audience than our paper's circulation, sorta intimidated me. Well, that and the fact that I've had three editors who would have sold body parts if I could learn the definition of "brief."
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Those of us who play with words, are never at a loss for them. We write on anything -- napkins, the back of receipts, airplane boarding passes. We carry and possess more pens than Office Depot. But I type faster than I do longhand, so a blog is actually going to unclutter my purse and car console of all those things I'm "always gonna write about."
So I'll start by introducing myself, which always seems like I'm writing my own obit. In the course of the last 30 years, I've had the same husband, two children, three dogs, five cats, two turtles, a goldfish, eight cars, two houses and one grandchild. I survived adolescence twice as a female -- my own and that of my daughter (I finally understood why some animals eat their young) and I've decided that the only way to get rid of grown male child is to move. I've also learned that I should have had grandchildren first -- they're all the fun without the work.
I'm a flip-flop-shorts-wearin-sun-baby kinda person, who gets cranky if it rains too much and runs to the nearest tanning salon with the best sale going. Guess it's no stretch, then, to say I'm on a life mission to find the eternal Margaritaville, complete with a bottomless glass of the same.
Okay, so no pictures yet. Gimme a break. I'm just glad I got this far.
4 comments:
It is high time you joined the blogging world. Good to have you, my dear. I'm looking forward to reading more of your stuff. You've got a way with words. :)
And love the title of your blog. Is there a story there?
I am bowing before the Blog Goddess for her approval...
"Down island" is actually a Caribbean term for points south of Key West. Harbors, ports and hideaways where a lot of ex-pats have taken up residence. Usually very laid-back, peaceful places, but when the locals get fired up, look out! It's always brief, but very colorful!
This is a whole new writing style for me. I've been trained to do a certain amount of self-censorship for publication, but once I realized I could say what I really meant, it was very liberating.
This is all YOUR fault.....
If it gives me one more entertaining blog to read during my time as a stay-at-home mom, I'll gladly take the blame. :)
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