When I began this blog, I intended it as a chronicle of my transition from Long Island/New York City executive to country dweller, to detail our lives here in rural Virginia after a lifetime of city-dwelling. Then I found Blotanical, the community for gardening bloggers. I began blogging about my hobby, gardening, and found a readership. Then I went all over the place, posting recipes, memories of childhood, stories, some rants about stuff going on in my life, and just....well, stuff.
I've received some emails lately from people who miss my personal essays. They want stories. They want perspective and personality.
So my question to you today on this open thread is simple: what would YOU like to read here?
More gardening stories? More personal stories? What?
The nuns at my aunt's convent requested more Pierre stories. Just so you know, that's a given.
But really...what would YOU like to read?
Leave a comment today, please.
3 comments:
Pierre stories - yay! :) Stories are always good. I love the garden stuff to of course. :)
I found your site because of the stories about your garden. I'd love to hear more about the woods around your place. But, you write about whatever you're feeling like. You have a sweet soul and I enjoy your blog.
Hi Jeanne
I found your blog via 'a minor friar'. I've been following the blog of Sharon Astyk for some time and yours has a similar value - someone trying to do what (in my view) we will all need to do, sooner rather than later: live more simply, produce food ourselves, make a fuss about the wrongs in society and give a voice to 'the silent majority.' But the stories are the thread that ties it all together and makes your blog more interesting than some 'expert' - because you, a real person with highs and lows and emotions and feelings, are doing this, others who are trying to do the same, and some, like me, who are 'too busy' to do so now but intend to do so in the near future, can enjoy following the story. So I am happy reading all of it - word pictures and pictures of day to day events, farm, pets and people as well as more detail on how the gardening and farming is progressing, how you choose this over that, world events, what you've read, how our faith affects our daily life - all of it!
Best wishes for a Happy Christmas and a blessed new year.
Doris (in England)
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