Léna is also a Regional Manager for Writopia Lab whose mission is to foster joy, literacy, and critical thinking in kids and teens from all backgrounds through creative writing.

"Well, the question is, what do you want to believe? Do you want to live in a world where things are possible, or in one where they aren't?" Cin, Edges.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

To Blog or not to Blog . . .

To blog, or not to blog. That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer one's slings and arrows in private,
Or to take one's arms against a sea of troubles,
And by sharing, feel less alone . . .

Oh my blog, how I've missed you of late, my life filled with other parts of the writing life, teaching and meetings and emails - oh, so many emails!

Some say that blogs have peaked - (or is it piqued?)

Yet I want to thank you for being a place where I can organize my thoughts, and where I can have a meeting of the minds with others. But we need to have some boundaries, you and I. Internet traffic has become very congested and if I am overwhelmed, others must feel the same way.

So I will blog on Mondays. (Yes, I know that it is Tuesday dear blog, but yesterday I led five workshops! Okay, so I'll write Sunday night. Happy?)  Therefore you, dear readers, hopefully won't become overwhelmed with moi and run away. So yes, I will still be baring my soul in the same fun-loving way, and I'll try not to suffer my slings and arrows alone, but rather write about them to give them some perspective.

And I reserve the right to blog more if I want to!!!!

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17 comments:

  1. Lena - we need to make time for other delightful things in life, so I will look for you and your blogs on Monday. elizabeth

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  2. Oh goodie--a regular dose of Lena!

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  3. Good choice. I've also cut down on how many blog posts I do. It's better to have fewer good ones, I think. Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in blogs when I open up my email in the morning...
    Looking forward to your thoughts on Mondays!

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  4. I so understand how you can be overwhelmed with blogs, emails, and such! Nice solution you have to have a Monday Missive! Will try to keep up at my end....

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  5. Still here. Still reading. Monday it is. mwah!

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  6. Sounds like a good plan. Gotta make time for life or what is there to blog about?

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  7. Sounds like a plan--a flexible one, which is the best!

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  8. You guys are all making me GRIN!!!!!! xoxoxo

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  9. And here's the irony -- if you had posted on a Monday prior to this one (April 23rd), you would have honored the birthday of the Bard himself. But you knew that -- right?

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    1. I spaced the Bard's birthday this year!? Man I have been busy. He was nudging me then, wasn't he?

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  10. I know there is a set of blog "rules" somewhere and frequent posting is one of them that I violate flagrantly on a regular basis; who knows what others I ignore? Awash in email, caught by demands of a 40+ hr per week job, the lure of the books on the coffee table, and a habit of dropping everything when a loved one calls or drops by so as to give them my full attention, not to mention (yet I am) housekeeping (such as it is). Well, there you have it, posting once a month is my ambitious goal (not always met!). I admire your once a week (reserve the right to blog more)stance!

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    1. Thank you so much for stopping by and saying hello Connie! The "rules" are always changing, aren't they? But I have been feeling overwhelmed by everything and then there's so much I want to read! I really appreciate you taking the time to read my words. Thank you!

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