How to Read This Wacky Blog
I Cilantro Cilantro. I don’t know what this blog is actually about, other than keeping me honest about not blurting out the H-word hundreds of times per day. In a way, it’s a really easy path to get to know me, because this is pretty much who I am, warts and all.
I don’t take myself seriously, which must be blatantly obvious by now to even casual readers. I like to laugh, even if it is at myself. Sometimes, I get woefully down, and I try to be honest about that part of me here, too. I enjoy reading the stories that others have taken the time to post here, every single one of them, both in the body of the blog and in the comments.
Everyone doesn’t have to like me, but there’s more here than a first impression or a quick pass can communicate. That’s likely because I’m wacky, and in no way an assertion that I’m deep.
With that in mind, for those of you who read this blog regularly, there are some key markers that might help you savor it even more. Or, roll your eyes more. Or, gnash your teeth and scream “Why is she persecuting me with ANOTHER blog post about nothing?” If it makes you feel anything, and I mean anything, then I’ve accomplished something.
There are links imbedded in every blog post. Joy, the editor at WordPress, gave me lots of helpful feedback on this blog a couple of months ago, and including more links is something she will avidly suggest to any serious blogger. The links look like this, and when you click them, they will open a new page or a photo. Some of the links are funnier than the writing, particularly in this piece, “Inception’s Dream of the Architect.” In other instances, I include links to more detailed information than I can possibly convey in a few hundred word blog post. So, click the links. Rest assured that I will *never* link to somewhere that you wouldn’t want to go.
Some of my most frequent commenters are awesome bloggers in their own right. It pays to read the comments. On more than one occasion, I’ve had someone contribute a comment that eclipsed my post for the day or took the conversation in a strange but lovely direction. Those are the posts that make my month. Click through their names to see what they may be saying elsewhere on the web. You may find several other people you want to know better.
Unless time gets away from me, I always read and reply to your comments. I reply to them individually, not in groups and batches, because I am always so humbled that anyone would care enough to take the time to read this blog or contribute anything to it. Sometimes, I read them more than once because they’re just so amazing, like Jason Ogden’s comment here or Amber Deutsch’s comment here.
If you’re reading this in any other format, please help me by making your comments on the blog. The comments help carry on the conversation that the post has started. If people can’t see a great comment that you made on Facebook or Twitter, they can’t respond to it on the blog. So many of your comments are witty and amazing, and every one of them deserves to be read by this little community.
I don’t know whether writing every day is making me a better writer, but it is enriching my life by getting to know the people who visit here, and it is, slowly but surely, making me a better person. Your reading, your feedback, your compliments and your concerns all enrich me. Thank you.
Wow, look! A butterfly! Ooooo….. Oh wait, I was supposed to leave and insightful comment.
First of all, thanks for doing this blog. Getting your newest post in my mailbox every morning is something I really look forward to. On some days, it is the only thing I look forward to!
Second, thanks for being honest. Among the other great qualities of your writing, the honesty is probably what I enjoy most. Strange though – the funnier your post are, the more honest I think you are being!
And finally, don’t you think you think it is time for you to come clean about… parsley?
I do eat parsley, Michael. It’s not my favorite, though, because it looks so much like the devil weed.
I love reading your Blog, Andra! So much so that it has inspired me to start my own personal blog in addition to two other business blogs I write!
I find your musings and observations to most insightful, honest, and heartfelt. Thanks for taking the time to share and build community!
P.S. And what’s this about….. PARSLEY?? Cilantro just may get quite jealous, ya know…
Liz, please let me know when you start your personal blog. I’d love to be a regular reader.
I don’t know where the parsley thing came from. Michael is wackier than I am.
Love your blog posts and look forward to the meandering nature of them on occasion. Gives me something to play with during the day trying to send back and forth from the BB to the office email and to the home email and then posting comments. Love the MTM stuff since it almost always gets a few wry responses and horrible (read funny) puns.
Keep up the fun.
Mr. Rotary, I never realized how plugged-in techie you actually are. I thought you did everything from your BB.
I would write more about MTM. In fact, he thinks I should convert this blog to being all about the travails of being an architect’s wife. I fear that I would make too much fun of him in public, though.
Challenged by Michael to be funny
and by Lou to be even more pun-ly,
this blog I did parse,
for some wordplay to leave,
that punned on his assertion of Parsley.
I’ll give you a 2nd Chance……
I will, Andra. Thank you. I have a biz blog on my website. Check it out! My last post was both personal and professional in nature. Need to blog there more often – shoot for once week but that doesn’t always happen!
I’m the same way with my biz blog. I do it in fits and starts. This one is much more fun to write, and I seem to find inspiration from somewhere every day.
keep up the good work! do you think you’ll continue past 2010?
What do you think I should do? I enjoy writing this blog very much, though my editorial content weaves all over the place.
to MTM, such a pity,
that I can’t be near as witty
I do try so hard,
but, alas, I am but a poor bard.
Lou, yours made me chuckle more than MTM’s. So there.
and without a fifth line, your limerick is sh**ty!
Actually, it was a good riposte (get it?!)
Chuckling again.
You two are too much, I always thought a limerick was a lime drink, silly me.
What is the recipe for this limerick lime drink, Lou? Maybe you know something we don’t know.
(This is Michael) And remember, the recipe has to follow the 5-line limerick structure!
limerick drink is fine with dip.
lime juice, just a nip.
whiskey of choice, smooth over the lip
sprig of mint, just a snip.
crushed ice, what a trip.
a true limerick tis not,
a lovely drink is what you’ve got.
This is not MTM, and he is cogitating on how exactly to respond to this one.
Which means you did real good, Lou.
‘Round here he is Mr. Rotarian,
but Lou can be quite the contrarian.
His drink mix is slick,
though it’s not a limerick,
I think he’s still a great humanitarian.
There once was a Michael of Maher,
A man of prose, not a nay sayer,
Sublime thoughts made to rhyme,
In our little space and time.
And now we have a limerick layer.
To bed with our thoughts,
think more I think not.
Since boys will be boys,
the morn resumes with our toys.
And to all a good night.
Lou, you’re a great rhymer. Don’t listen to MTM.