Tuesday 4

 

Hello, and welcome to Tuesday 4, kept up in memory of Toni Taddeo.  Big thanks to Pamela Steiner for this week's posers!

1.  Tell us about your blog.  When did you start blogging?

Respice Prospice was born on July 31, 2008.  Its name was taken from a locket I had gifted my mother:

2.  What prompted you to begin blogging?

I've not said so before, but at the time I was desperately lonely.  My coworkers were much younger, and the Red Hatters club to which I belonged?  Color me, a square peg trying to fit in a round hole.  Then one day, a member asked if she might put one of my photos on her blog.  Me: "What's a blog?"

I was enormously intrigued -- but had no clue what I was doing.  I wore a prosthesis on my personality, hoping to be liked.  Not unlike a chameleon on plaid, I tried this n' that so as to fit in with the cool bloggers.

One day I was invited to attend an "Arizona Bloggers" luncheon at a trendy tearoom.  Except.  Something y'all should know about me: I'm about as comfortable dining in a tea room as a NFL linebacker.  Neither am I adept at small talk.

I wanted to slide under the table when asked, "So, what is the theme of your blog?"  It seemed everyone had a theme, and I'm over here thinking, why on earth didn't I know this was a requirement?

3.  What was your first blog about, and why did you choose that subject/title?

Not sure I understand the question. I've always written under the 'Respice Prospice' umbrella --  my first post was an excerpt from Lillian Hellman's autobiography.  It's last sentence resonated:  "I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now."

4.  How has your blog changed over time, and has it done for you what you hoped it would do in the first place?

So grateful to have finally discovered my Authentic voice!  (And larger, easy-to-read font.)

Recently I was yakking with an acquaintance who's an accomplished artist.  I asked if she'd had professional training, and expressed how I envy her passion.  She asked, "But don't you write?"  Hmmm.

Donna and I discovered we both quit participating in workshops/classes because more often than not, we'd leave feeling what we were doing wasn't 'right.'  Have you ever been made to feel that way?

Triply grateful for my little circle of Blog friends.  Several I've been fortunate to meet in person.  And what a delight to discover each is as genuine as they appear in print.   

I can honestly say, I've developed friendships with these ladies (and men) that eclipse those of folks I've known for years.

May the circle be unbroken!

Hugs, Myra