blogging about blogging, and when not to follow advice
You may be reading this post shortly after it was written, following the sequence of my postings, or you may be reading it at any given time (probably, but not necessarily, subsequent to my writing it). Blog posts straddle a crossroads of the immediately relevant and the timeless treasure. Emphasizing the “timeless treasure” aspect, advice to blog writers often counsels against meta-discussion of situational or sequential issues--it draws too much overt attention to something that will likely be irrelevant two weeks from now.
It’s good advice, but since when have I followed advice 100% of the time? So yes, this is a post about what this blog is for and what to expect from it. The short version: I remain E-la-stic, but there is a rhythm to my blogging.
Written by Ela Harrison
on Saturday, 16 July 2016.
Posted in Blogging, Literary Citizenship, Mindfulness
remembrance, fragrance, versatility
Okay, part 3 of our first tripartite spell! Since the mindfulness part was about remembering/forgetting in connection with boundaries and the language part was about the word "remember," you might have expected me to pick "forget-me-not" as the herb for the spell.
But there was never any doubt for me that I'd be writing about "rosemary, for remembrance." It's such a wonderfully versatile aromatic herb, and although it doesn't have as much associated folklore as parsley or fennel do (stories for another day, perhaps), it's been used and loved for millennia.
Keep a vial of its essential oil by your desk and take a whiff if your energy flags. Notice the renewed wave of clarity.
Written by Ela Harrison
on Sunday, 08 March 2015.
Posted in WholeHealth, Ecological, Herbs and Plants
and, of course, synchronicity
So! Here goes with the new blog format--three posts per nine-day period: a mindfulness post, an herb post, and a word post, adding up to a spell. And what's another way to say "nine-day period"? "Nine-day spell"! Ah, synchronicity.
Synchronicity also underlies today's post. This time, I'm starting off with a mindfulness post, but the order will vary.
I've been having issues around boundaries lately, specifically around persistently acting out a behavior pattern that belongs to someone else, a pattern that crossed my boundaries and I was having trouble expelling. My problem went back to "don't think about monkeys."
Written by Ela Harrison
on Monday, 02 March 2015.
Posted in All About Words, Mindfulness