I turned one year old a few days ago. Aren’t you impressed with my strong verbal skills at such a tender age?! In fact, I came out of the blog womb jabbering.
In my first few days of life, I mused on the nature of Compulsive Behavior. Believe it or not, I’ve finally learned how to deal with that problem. Soften into it, smile and be gentle with yourself. The beginning of change is acceptance. If my tendency toward compulsion helped produce this year old blog, then it was worth it. Writing and reading here has been incredibly healing for me. Even if most of what I write has no greater import than that, I sense that it’s value has been appreciated by you.
One of my very first posts was about the Comfort of Friends. I’ve formed many friendships here in the blogosphere. Some have faded, but few have been completely lost. All have been valuable to me. There have been many discussions among bloggers on the nature of blog friendships. They are so tenuous, veiled, ghostly. Yet they can offer some of the deepest healing. Perhaps it’s because people can offer gentle compassion from the safe distance of electronic communication. One blogger friend, Betty, is a good friend in real life, and our real friendship is tempered by our gentle support of each other through our blog comments.
I mused on the Myth of Tomorrow, the strange wisdom of which I often need to remind myself. The quote I listed from the Gospel of St. Thomas resonates deeply as I reflect on how much I’ve shared and learned of myself in the past year.
In the past weeks, I’ve enjoyed the citrine blossoms of the late Winter flowering Witch Hazel bush which lights the way to longer days and dreamy ways. One of my first poems written for this blog features those flowers, also shown in the photo above.
Spring Light
My eyes drift to the garden,
Lifted by soft citrine light
Toward the Witch Hazel’s
Glow, lonely and bright.
Fed by waning day’s lazy rays,
Among burnt brown and grays
This courageous bush
Harassed by Frost
Beacons by it’s spry gleam
Giving patient solace to
Weary Winter’s dream.
Here’s to being a blog year old, and to another fruitful year in this rich and satisfying medium. And here’s to the dozens of friendships I’ve formed through this blog. And finally, here’s to the thrill of freedom and the right to free speech and free thought. Use it or lose it. Blog on. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I’ve been spending time with an Albanian friend who grew up under communism.
Happy Bloggerversary!
Best wishes on this, your 1st birthday!
Weez- Speaking of old friends! Nice to see you again!!!!
Antonia- Hi there, sweetie. Thanks for the well wishes. How’ve you been?
Happy Blog-Birthday, Muse:)
Let’s just say I’m glad to be back!
Happy Blogday!!! A year, huh? Wow.
Oh Garnet,
A year of Glittermuse, how wonderful!
As soon as I saw these words . . . the nature of blog friendships. They are so tenuous, veiled, ghostly. . . . I thought of the many nights as I sat by the lake in Chicago with tears in my eyes writing with you, talking with you, laughing with you, my dear friend. Some of those blog friendships are forged and shaped like the bell that hangs outside the cabin.
You’re unforgettable. Happy Blog-birthday.
Lhg 4-ever.
Tammi- Thank you.
Antonia- I’ve got open arms here.
MB- Thank you dear. I can’t help but smile as I ponder how loaded that “wow” is, coming from you. You’re what, six months old? Just a baby.
Liz- I’ll never forget the bond we’ve formed, even though we’ve never seen each other in person. My phrase “soften into it, smile and be gentle with yourself” was something I learned from you. Thank you for your gentle, smiling soul. From my garnet jello heart, ghl.
Happy, happy blog birthday! 🙂 Great post. Will be back again.
Happy blog day–and here’s to friendships that continue to expand and grow! It really is an amzing phenomenon, isn’t it?
Happy birthday…My darlin’ Garnet… Y 🙂
My blogging experience has been the richer from having crossed your path David. Lifting my glass in toast to another fabulous year of wisdom, insight and sharing.
Thank you, Sky.
Patry- Nice to see you. Yes, blog friendships are amazing, and unique.
Yemanja- Thank you dear. I hope you are well and happy.
Trée- Thank you. And the same to you. I look forward to another year.
Congrats on completeing frist year. Friends at blogsphere has their own unique niche.
A very nice blog Mr Thomas, keep up the good work!!!
Dave,
Amazing how fast a year can go by, and even more amazing how creative we can be during that time. Congrats on your first year. I’ll be celebrating mine in a couple of short weeks. To the say the least, I feel fortunate to have shared in an exchange of ideas and creativity with you and others, and look forward to the coming year. My very best to you. . .
Scot
JV and Kevin- Thank you both for stopping by and for the well wishes.
Scot- You are a faithful blog friend, an example I have learned from. Your writing is also an inspiration to me. Thank you. Here’s to another year of friendship.
Here’s to your first blog birthday. Here’s to many more. Thank you for sharing your words, your prose, you. Thank you for sharing you.
Ciao…
Teri
Teri- Thank you. Now that Spring is here, and warmer weather closing in, I aspire to apply myself again to writing more regularly here, hopefully this time without the compulsive behavior which dominated my first year.
Hi its pleasant here, just spotted this today. Good on you.
Congtratulations and here’s to many more years to come
Suzanne
Happy blog birthday! An interesting concept… A lot of design changes in that time… x