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Feeling:
exhausted. i’ve really been putting my all into my blog lately. writing. commenting on other blogs. updating my template/pages. it takes focus & commitment to keep a blog going– and there are weeks when i wonder if it’s worth it.
Hearing:
the hum of my old computer, which i still use on occasion, that sits next to my current quiet computer.
Tasting:
dark chocolate “balanced with crunchy hazelnuts and dried currants.”
Seeing:
outside: a gray day. inside: a gray wall behind the computer that needs some decoration.
Smelling:
sandalwood spice, a “blend of orange blossoms, sandalwood, and kashmir vanilla,” from the candle in the next room over.
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{This wonderful idea is from abby try again. If you wish, you may play along in the comments below or on your own blog.}
THE SPECTACLED BEAN 
Feeling – your emotional turmoil regarding the blogosphere. I promise to do what I can, feeble as it may be, to help you stay inside the good karma and manage around the bad (worst).
Hearing – mexican party music, with fervent hope that I do not hear it this weekend.
Tasting – more of your very well decided meal choices (the salmon was yummy).
Seeing – the girl I fell in love with all those years ago. Every day.
Smelling – morning coffee without having to leave the house for work.
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Zen-Den, aren’t you a sweet talker? 🙂
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Aww–you certainly chose the right guy! Love his sentiments 🙂
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Beth, he’s a keeper. Even if he sounds like he has kissed the Blarney Stone.
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So you guys met and fell in love as babies?
Speaking of crazy blog effort – NaBloPoMo is coming up. Going to do it this year?
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Zazzy, I have been thinking about NaBloPoMo and haven’t decided if I’ll do it again. I met lots of great people during it, but the commitment to being here EVERY DAY is overwhelming… especially after I’ve done it once.
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I love to blog, but couldn’t do that every day posting thing. It would be too much pressure for me. Love reading them though, which makes me a huge hypocrite! 🙂
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Margaret, I wouldn’t call you a hypocrite. I’d call you supportive. And realistic about your own ability to post to your blog. Those are two good things to know & understand about yourself.
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I have no idea what being a blogger entails. Yet I ask, whose expectations have to be met, your gentle reader’s or the blogger’s? As I type this I realize, this is probably a stupid question as a non-blogger, yet I am curious, what is the “feedback” need or a dedicated blogger?
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Voyager, I imagine that the expectations of both writer and reader need to be met most of the time for a blogger to feel satisfied with what he or she has written.
Some bloggers live & breath for comments so they will write to the crowd, but I’m not like that. I keep a simple, quiet little bloggy here. I enjoy comments/feedback because I believe that I’m starting a conversation/creating a sense of community.
As I see it, if I didn’t have comments/feedback at all, then this would just be another webpage… and not a blog. Which would be no fun at all.
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