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This really doesn't even count as a post today, I am merely providing a link to the TABI Blog, which today is ALL ABOUT ME !

Philosophy ?

I've been pondering something for a while, and today my friend Sharon was talking about the same sort of thing: blogs and websites, better connected or separate ? And whether to keep a blog 'pure' to one's main interest, or include other aspects of one's life?

For instance, this blog is tarot themed by virtue of the fact that I choose a card for each post that, for me, reflects in some way the main topic of that post. For me - as for many other tarotists - tarot cards are a shorthand way of communicating something. Another tarotist can look at my Ace of Swords today and have a pretty good idea of what I'll basically be talking about.

In spite of this, my blog is not a tarot blog: I talk about way too many other things that are also part of my life. Tarot is an underpinning, so omnipresent and part of the structure and foundation of my life, and how I think, that I just don't consider it separately, and I don't often think to mention it or talk about it. It's just there, you know, like the sun and the sky. I'm getting close to what I'd consider to be philosophy, so let's drag this post back on track, shall we ?

I've been considering whether to amalgamate this blog and my tarot website. On the plus side, it would be far quicker and easier to update; on the negative side, do I want my customers knowing quite so much about me ? And would that put them off having a reading with me ? Of course, they can always use the link, or Google to find the blog, but that's not the same as having it right there in your face. Would I have to post more regularly - or solely even - about tarot ?

Some of these issues could be resolved by having another, separate, blog that is purely about tarot. However, realistically, I'm not the kind of person that could maintain more than one blog to a decent standard . And that's if one assumes that this current blog is readable. Also, my own personal preference when it comes to blogs I follow and read, is for blogs where I see more than one aspect of a person's life: I read them because I'm interested in the people themselves, not just whatever it is that they do.

And thus it is often disappointing when one scrolls through other people's blogrolls, to find that those blogs too are all connected to merely one subject.

So here are two other topics that I discuss sometimes, just for variety:



This is lye melting frozen goatsmilk, for making soap. Thanks to all my Twitter friends who kept their guffaws silent (the more empathic amongst them merely sniggered behind their hands) when I asked 'does 100g of ice weigh the same as 100g of water ?' which was not what I actually meant. I promise I can tie my own shoelaces.
































One of ''me gladdies'', as Dame Edna refers to them, and our lovely generic dahlia, chosen by DH; I've never had a dahlia before - my mother thought that they, and gladioli too, were vulgar: along with Tchaikovksy and the color purple.

Blog Hub Swap: 1st Day

Well, yesterday I found out who has been cyberstalking me, because my lovely early morning parcel postman brought me this:



In a millisecond, it looked like this:










And then I discovered this:










which instructed me to open this:











to reveal this:











And as she said, a swap classic: a cute handbag-sized notebook for writing down all those inspired genius ideas that will make your fortune, before you forget them.

It is taking every ounce of self-control I have to not just rip everything open NOW in an orgy of instant gratification ....

Thank you so much, Mooncalf. I'll be posting about each item as I open it, and rating how successful your stalking has been .....

Knit & Crochet Blog Week

My friend Mimi has organized a Knit & Crochet Blog week, running from 26th April to 2nd May. The idea is to post daily, and to aid this, she has chosen some topics which broadly outline the subject matter for the day. You can read the topics ahead of time, if you're the sort of person who likes to plan, or at least have a rough idea of what you're going to write about, or you can wing it and see the topic on the day itself .....

I don't think it's a spoiler to say, that having looked at the topics, I spent some time at my father's house unearthing some old photo albums ....

You'll see also that I have a new, limited edition, blog roll in the sidebar, of blogs of the other people who are taking part. Ravelry members who are taking part can also be found here. If you would like to take part, pop along to Mimi's blog, download the cute banner she created, and let her know in the comments section ....