Allow me to re-introduce myself

I was talking with a friend recently and had one of those moments where you realize that the advice you are giving to someone else is the advice you need to take yourself. I was giving her so much encouragement to start a blog, telling her how fun and easy and helpful writing can be and suddenly I became very aware of my own blog and the fact that it hadn't been touched in many months.

I realized that I could make such a passionate case for blogging because it meant something to me and I missed it. I do silly things sometimes and, in retrospect, I think neglecting to keep up with this blog was one of those silly things.

I'm going to try and make a habit of writing and sharing here again. This time around I want to be more honest. I stopped blogging at the same time one of my close relatives became very sick and I think I wanted my blog to be ALL HAPPINESS ALL THE TIME and just couldn't keep it up. I fell prey to my favorite saying of "if you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all" and since I was full of worries and big life questions, I opted to keep quiet instead of talking about what was worrying me.

Argyle Whale blog version two is going to try to be a whole person and I hope you old friends still enjoy visiting. There will be bunnies and drawings like old times with the addition of furniture restoration, general life ponderings, garden growing and a grumpy hedgehog.