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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Friday, December 31, 2010

Photo of the Day - What a Rapid 2010!

River Trip 2010, Salmon River, Idaho

Well, this was quite a rapid year, filled with all kinds of ups and downs. I recently took stock, by reading back through all the 2010 blog posts. A lot happened, more than I could have anticipated at this point in 2009.

All in all, aside from my summer of medical mysteries (seriously, no more ground brown cow!) leading to the postponement of the MidWest Road Trip, I wouldn't change much. Sure, there were things I didn't get to do, projects not completed, books not read, and people I could have been touch with more ... but wow.

Look at some of what happened, in no particular order or level of importance:

Montauk
Welcome Nathan!
a-ha
North Carolina
River/Road Trip 2010
doctor's visits, and more visits
parental relocation
three trips out West
Cape Cod
crafts
books
the New York Botanical Garden
recipes tested
STING! (OMG It's STING!)
relationships explored and examined
brand spanking new computer for FREEEE
new social media outreaching
museums
concerts
performances,
and not to forget
guest posts by The Shushing Librarian

It's been quite a year of changes, and I think I'm getting better at navigating the current. Friends and family are invaluable life preservers -- and a blog is a wonderful way to document the journey.

Hopefully 2011 won't be so choppy so I can do more than wave at you while I float on by,
but if you look carefully,
you'll see
I'm actually grinning with glee!

Happy New Year,
xo Auntie Nettie

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