Zen Ruminations

Stamp credits: Stampin' Up!, Hologram Sparkle EP Ranger Distress Inks (Tim Holtz)
Cuttlebug texture and die cuts

Zen wanderings:
If a blogger can't post to her blog, is she still a blogger?
If a creative person can't post their dabblings online, are they still creative?

I'd like to think the answer to both of these questions is 'yes', but I'm wondering about that - I've let the lack of a computer totally leave me blocked and stalled, it's a pretty interesting picture of how technology dependent I've become, or maybe it's just that without the blog I'm not journalling. I should experiment and resurrect my pen-and-paper journalling, maybe I'd be creative and have time to create since I wouldn't be glued to a computer... One of my favourite things is when the power goes out, at night, so you get out the candles, and you have to find ways to be entertained without TV, stereo or computer. Aha! Books, board games, playing instruments, good old fashioned conversation - they all become entertaining again once we're disconnected from our electrical friends. I think my household needs a 'virtual blackout' once a week so we all assemble in one space without the conversation killers of TV and computers, no wonder the art of face-to-face communication is dying.

So hard to capture the sparkle on camera ...

Not having my own computer is forcing me to explore features of blogger that I've ignored until now - like scheduling a post to appear on a later date. We'll see how that works out when this post appears (or fails to). For now, I'm wishing my Mum a happy birthday, with my thanks for being a very wonderful mother. The older I become the more I see and know, I've always been grateful for my very loving mother, but I know now that not everyone receives the same love, nurturing and care that my brothers and I were lucky enough to experience growing up. Thanks Mum!

Stamp credits: Stampin' Up!,

Stamper's Anonymous (Tim Holtz numbers),
Ranger - Distress Ink & Perfect Pearls (pearl and green),
KaiserCraft bling
(the camera doesn't capture the pearly shimmer on the tag ...)

So, back to Zen, what IS the sound of one hand clapping? How technology dependent have you become? This post was written on Saturday, and with the benificence of the internet powers-that-be will publish on Tuesday, can it really be? We'll see.