January 2012
2 posts
The Agony and Ecstasy of Blogging
Tumblr, I love you… but I need more. I want to branch out and spread my wings and (insert additional cliches here) write within a bit more robust platform. So, this new blog concept of mine presents a conundrum. I want to write. I want to share. I want to vent and rant and spill my emotions out into the blogosphere. I suppose this means I have to be willing to part with the level of...
2011: A Family Retrospective
I intend to give my Tumblr blog some much needed attention in 2012. Of course, my intention was the same for 2011, but then life intervened. With the blessed exception of the birth of my daughter, Vivienne, 2011 was, well, kind of a bitch.
Sadly, Jeff’s father, Mel Gaines passed away in February, ten days before Vivienne was born. Never have I experienced such a bittersweet portrayal of...