Postcrossing!

Lately I have been participating in a postcard exchange project that has been really fun.
It is called Postcrossing.
When I joined, I was given 5 random names and addresses of people around the world. I sent each of them a postcard from my home town. Then, when they receive them in the mail, they register the code I printed on each card. Once the card has been registered, my name and address goes into the pot and soon I receive a postcard from another random person around the world. And also, I get another address to send another postcard. (the limit for sending cards is 5 at a time)
If you're interested in checking it out go to postcrossing.com and browse around. It's really fun to get cards in the mail from all over the world. It's especially fun for kids to do....which is probably why I enjoy it!!! haha!

Here's a few of the cards that I have received in the fast few weeks....

POLITICS

Egypt.

Iran.

NPR.

Sex.

US Domestic Budget.

Breast Feeding.

Muslims.

Sex.

Mexicans.

Monsanto.

Obesity.

Sex.

War.

Health Care.

Birth Certificate.

Sex.

Topics

So, our friend Jeremy made a few suggestions about blog entry topics for me to ruminate on.
His intention was to keep me going.....
I think that his tactics have been working on me all week as I pondered this entry.
What a fantastic idea! I started to realize that to get topic suggestions for blog entries is like going to the psychic.
You can't go wrong!
I mean, anything that is suggested will fit into my life, because I will make the connections!
Brilliant!

Here's what Jer wrote....

"Blog about weather, politics, food, dogs, toenails, uses of peanut butter."

And so I will!

Then I will call for more suggestions and figure out how is pertains to us!

But first topic: WEATHER

It has been frickin' gorgeous here! 70F - 75F all week!
We have been inspired to be outside constantly.
Michael has been working on building loft space for his racing pigeons (a topic I will address in the very near future, along with pics) and I have been puttering around in our winter garden and the herb tub.
Everything has little bloom buds and there's no mud for the dogs to track in to the house!!!!

I spent the past weekend inside a cold, dark theatre watching about 10 hours of 2min monologues, searching for new actors for my theatre group. At lunch I went outside and down the street to the Berkeley Farmer's Market to find some vittles. The sun was shining, I grabbed a veggie/brown rice curry plate, and headed over to the grass to listen to some music. Here's a little video I shot with my phone. (note the warm clothes for sitting still inside a theatre)
To all my snowy friends, I hope this gives you endurance and hope that you too will have a picnic on the daisy-filled grass again soon.

Musings About Musings

ok
I made a new year's resolution to post a blog entry at least once per week.
....I have failed so far.
But ultimately, I have high hopes for the success of this resolution because I have really only missed two of the weeks since the beginning of the year.
Who cares that that equals 50%!?
It's like the current health care bill....50% negative means that there's 50% positive too!
So, so far, I am 50% successful at this resolution!
The glass is indeed half full!
It's not that I don't enjoy blogging, it's just that the blogging task falls between the gaping cracks of my absurdly busy life.
And I say absurdly because what makes my life so busy, are the endless tasks and errands that I can hardly keep track of!
But they whittle away at my day before I notice and I never get quite finished.
However, I am gaining on them all and the proof is that I am here writing this blog entry!
I hope, if you have made any New Year's Resolutions, that you are achieving success.
And if you aren't, remember what the scientists say....
Starting over is not the correct approach.
In science, to start over will only lead you to the same result.
Each beginning is always from a different place.
Therefore 'the mistake' is not a mistake but a moment that further defines what you are looking for.
So we will not start over, but start from a completely new place, a new approach, and perhaps the results will be different!

Talk to you next week.....or maybe before that!