Well. Well well well.

It has been some time since my last post. All I can say - or that I'm willing to say here - is that things at home have undergone a radical change and I needed to give myself time to deal with the fallout. I gave myself permission to take a break from all my writing, fledgling blog included, but have recently started up again. I am pleased that it has once again become enjoyable, instead of yet another source of stress. Writing has always been something I love, so the fact that it has resumed that status again is a relief.

One of my goals for this year is to be creative again. It's amazing how that has fallen by the wayside in the past, but it's a part of myself I have dearly missed and want back. Writing is part of that, and I'm happy to say I've been making good (for me) progress so far on fixing (ie, tearing apart and completely overhauling) my current WIP. It's coming so much more easily than it has in the past, which is really exciting, and since I changed the voice from third to first person, it's almost writing itself. Odd, how it needed that means of expression.

There are other projects on my plate as well, which I am very excited about. Once upon a time, I used to paint pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) - mostly wooden eggs rather than real ones - and I've started working on those again, so expect future posts on them. Happily, I've finally got one design worked out that has been bugging me for some time. Can't wait to post pictures of it. : )

Singing is another project. I used to sing a lot, but have let it go in the last couple of years. It's something I need back - music is one of those things like breathing that I don't notice until it's not there anymore, and it kills me when it's gone.

Good things are coming. : )