Monday Morning in Calamity Town

Good Morning!
After reading a few of the comments from yesterdays post I just wanted to say thank you- again for the love and encouragement! Now I will make an attempt to write you all back and say thanks or visit your Blogs and maybe add a few of you here to my sidebar.

I had to laugh when I read that Meg had accidentally deleted her only two comments so I went to check out her Blog- she quilts and shows her stash here. Go give her some love, girls! (and Glenn Bliss- if you are reading this- my token male!!) I guess I should say- everyone!!!  Or maybe Guys & Dolls!!! teehee! Whatever, just go say hi and give her a few comments- maybe she won't get as excited as last time and delete them!

So that's the way it works- in case you don't know or feel as though you don't have anything to say...
This is a dialog-Weblogs should have been called convo's like webconversations. That would have more accurately described the process but it is a mouthfull.
When you post and take time to share your stuff it is really wonderful and gratefying to have people stop glideing through and say thank you.
There is an etiquette and a politeness in the Blogesphere when you borrow something or use a tecnique you should give credit.

You link back to them or their Blog or where ever it can be found.
By using Sitemeter or Technorati or Blogger you can see your traffic stats and referals and where people are coming from- then you can also see when people link to you and what they post about you. It all is connected and I sometimes find out who is talking about me that way- like sometimes I am surprised at what I find but always flattered by their praise.

Blogging for me is about sharing my work and getting feedback from you- I really appreciate that- if you think it rocks then I know I am in the right direction. I think that no comments must mean the opposite- that you don't love "it" and that's why you are quiet...I know this might and probably is wrong but it's a feeling I get. I try to ignore it and just Blog away but after almost 2 years of almost daily Blogging what have I accomplished?

Fortune? NO
Fame? Hardly
Friends? Yes!
Yes, I have made friends, but if I don't keep up my end of the emails I see them fade off and disappear..into the misty Blogesphere.
I guess I am just not good at relationships.

Ironically, that's what I think I want the most from this Blog and yet, I can't keep up with them, I get names confused and forget to write...There simply isn't enough time in the day to do all the things I want to!

I forfeited my Blog reading time in order to be more productive and it cost me in readership.

There is always a price.

A few of you said that you don't have anything to offer or that I am so awesome that you couldn't say anything I might be interested in- well- that is simply stinkin thinkin and you kids are wrong! I want to hear it. Even the most mundane or confused word- sometimes I just go to Blogs and leave a "huh?" or a "Love you" and its OK- they don't mind- at least I showed them I was there- and gave em a quick kiss on the cheek. a small pat. even saying "thanks, I needed that" would be great.
I will continue to Blog because it makes me happy, and you know that,

so I guess there really is no reason to say anything else.

Just know that it's a much richer and rewarding experience when we dialog. Who knows, we might end up being best friends

Anyway, Today is Monday and it's a new week

and there is much to do that won't get done if I sit here for hours.

I do want to say thank you for reading me and bookmarking my Blog and adding me to your sidebar so that others will find my glittery sometimes chaotic Blog that is full of aprons, faeries, dolls, quilts and random bits of this and that even if the glitter is spilled and the paint brush got dipped in your coffee cup and the fabric has bolted!
Thanks,
Love & Stitches,
Calamity Kim

Did you know that George Carlin has passed away?
Last week it was Tasha Tudor, now George.
It makes me sad for the world. We had them and now they are gone.

We all die someday.
Still, a moment to remember all the laughter and Joy that these humans shared in their lifetimes.
Thank you Mr Carlin.
Thank you Madame Tudor.
We love you.