When I started blogging, I thought it would be easy. I have always liked writing, in fact, somewhere in all my stuff, I still have the skeleton of the next great novel that will never be finished, especially now I have found I can paint! Back when I was teaching, I loved to make up assignments that were as realistic as I could make them, in an effort to prepare my students for the “real world”. Some of them may be reading this and remember my “Happy Valley Summer Camp” semester project, or the fun “cases” I would make up for final exams! Few will know that I tried writing a “novel” styled book to try to make the subject I was teaching a little less dry. That turned out to be impossible, so I wrote a standard textbook instead. Anyhoo… As I was saying, I thought it would be easy. And I was right, the writing part is! But the hard part? Finding a new topic every week!! You may wonder why I even bother. I have no idea of how many people read this, but I made a commitment so here I am, regardless of readership! I hope people are reading and enjoying it, but in some respects, it doesn’t really matter. I started blogging because the online marketing geniuses said it was a good way to “get yourself out there”. More people will see that you exist and may start following you, they said. And although there are some technical reasons why this is still true even if no one reads it, it turns out the blog writing has quite unexpectedly been good for me. It has forced me to examine the whys and the hows I do things, and to stop at least once a week and take time to reflect on the motivation for what I do and why I do it the way I do. It has forced me to research some subjects about which I thought I knew a lot more than I actually did! It has made me appreciate what I have and how fortunate I am, and it has given me a forum to occasionally vent frustrations. And hopefully, it has allowed some of my readers to learn something about me and about art, and especially watercolors, by getting a glimpse of the work that goes on behind the scenes. I realize this is beginning to sound like a farewell speech, but rest assured, it isn’t. I will be back next week, with a new topic! If you have something you would like to hear me go on about, please leave a comment. Hey, leave a comment just to let me know you are out there! And if you know anyone who would like my ravings, share this blog with them! Thanks for reading!
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