August Break 2016

I've been away for a while. A long while. I've thought about coming back, even have a half dozen unfinished posts hanging around. Every time I thought I was ready to make the commitment again, something pulled me away. I know it was FEAR, is fear, fear of opening up, spilling my thoughts, being vulnerable. Writing from the heart is often monumentally scary. It had been percolating inside me for ever so long - to get back here. To get back to me. 

I have been through so much in the past year; growth, stagnation, indecision, grief, frustration. Almost too much to write about. Didn't want to sound all whiny. Or pompous. Or just plain nuts. Best to keep that sort of thing bottled up, you know? NOT. 

When I learned of Susannah Conway's August Break I knew it was time to come back. One of my loves, my great pleasures in life is photography. I'm not great (so I've been told - story for another day) but I enjoy it. I thought, what a perfect way to get my feet wet, again!

This is what Susannah says:

 "This is a community project that has no real rules – the idea is to simply take a photograph every day for the whole of August. That’s it. Pause, look around you and shoot what you see. Live inside each moment. Pay attention to what’s there. If it’s the summer where you are it’s a lovely way to be present to the moments that will be gone before you know it. If it’s the winter, what better way to liven up your day than with a creative project to play with? :-)

You can use any camera. You could shoot every day or every other day or just on weekends. You can share your photos or just enjoy taking them without sharing. You can start and not finish. You can join in at the end. Anything goes!"

So, I'm IN!

I'm excited, hope to see you around the blogosphere!

Until next time ......