Nobody puts Baby in a corner
A rare summer weekend appearance in geishaland today; perhaps it’s time to bring back Stay Naked Sunday, but with all of this sunshine and with so much going on, I’m thinking that I may have to wait until winter before I spend another Sunday frolicking naked beneath the sheets. Tho I suppose I could trade a day of summer fun for a day of lazy bliss, but that’s unlikely to happen today, especially since there are things going on worth chatting about.
It was a bit of an oddity that I found myself home alone this past Friday night. My husband had to work late, all my girlfriends were busy, so like any other typical suburbanite housewife, I stayed in and found ways to amuse myself instead; which translated into watching the Red Sox thrash the Chicago White Sox, surfing the net, taking a hot bath and waiting for hubby to come home and give me some of that good lovin’ that I’ve come to expect on a regular basis. Who needs sex toys when you’re married to a man with an incredible tongue?
Saturday was spent shopping early in the day and then lots and lots of gardening in the afternoon. I mentioned all the birds which have moved into my backyard this summer, so I finally broke down and bought a bird feeder. Wouldn’t you know it tho? That stupid fat robin who keeps digging in my flowerbeds ignored it and just kept digging away. Oh well, maybe he’ll catch on sooner or later. I also bought the most gorgeous café set for the backyard! It’s a small round wrought iron table with two chairs and it looks like it would be right at home in a romantic Parisian bistro, or sitting under the Eiffel Tower, (no accordion music please!) It’s just perfect for the backyard and it’s my new garden getaway! (and it was on clearance! Yay!) We had dinner by candlelight out there last night sitting under the stars, enjoying glasses of wine and just talking away for hours. It’s so cool too because I brought my laptop out with me and we’re still close enough to the router to connect to our wireless network. Yes, ever the geek!
Today we’re going to drive down to Newport to check out the Japanese Black Ships Festival which should be a lot of fun. I’m really looking forward to attending one of the ikebana workshops and seeing a lot of Japanese traditional culture on display. Newport can be a bit of a hassle in the summertime, but it’s truly one of the most beautiful places in New England. Ikebana is traditional Japanese flower arranging, a very time honored and precise discipline, and is truly something I love.
So that’s what I’ve been up to, but it seems as tho there’s been a few ripples in cyberia. Without going into the details, my sweet friend M:e has decided to close her journal which makes me sad because she’s such a lovely friend and I’ll truly miss her. I think the decision to keep an online journal or blog is a very personal one. People are motivated by a wide variety of reasons for doing this, and sometimes those reasons change or perhaps they no longer have the energy or sheer will to keep writing. I know that I’ve gone thru periods where I never wanted to share another word publicly when the stank of the absurdity I was surrounded by got to be too much for me, but somehow I worked thru that and stuck with it. I know others have felt the same way from time to time as well, but without really knowing if this is some kind of trend, I think it’s just the way it is; personal blogs come and go. I just know that I’ll miss M:e and I wish her bonne chance on her journey.
And my final thought of the day… get ready for another French Revolution. If you’re like me and read the international press or at least the New York Times, then you’re already aware that the new President of France, a mister Nicolas Sarkozy is a pro-American, pro-business, right wing conservative leader; but he’s still a Frenchman right? Wrong! It would seem that President Sarkozy’s new mantra to the French is to “Stop Thinking and Start Working”
From the outside looking in, either the French have imported stupid on a wholesale level or they’ve elected their own George W. Bush. I can’t imagine that this idea of working more (the French only work 35 hours a week and have six to eight weeks of vacation per year) and thinking less, is going to go over well in the city of lights; the home of art, literature, haute couture, fashion, and gourmet dining among other things. Sarkozy’s Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde has been busy trying to convince the population to “give up their old habits” and in an insulting dangling of the ultimate carrot “possibly get rich!”
Hmmm, think less, work more, get rich. Compassionate Conservatism anyone? We are at war with Eurasia… We have always been at war with Eurasia. I love Big Brother!
I’ll reserve saying more for right now… but don’t hold your breath on that one.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Hi Nina-
So, you’ve still been reading..and recently!
My full contention, tho, was not that I wondered if there is a trend.
Rather, I wrote,
“So, as one occasionally reads on someone’s blog, is there some trend afoot? Are FemDom bloggers retiring in unprecedented numbers?
Probably not. What I, and apparently others, observe, is, in my opinion, a small sliver of events which are, most likely, normal in the course of people’s and couple’s cycles as they discover, explore and live, or leave, an alternative FemDom lifestyle……However, I don’t see any larger trend. If anything, I would venture to opine that the trend for FemDom to become, little by little, more mainstream is, if anything, sustained. The few people we see blogging about it constitutes such a tiny slice of the probable true number of committed, longterm, alternative FemDom lifestyle couples, that it’s not necessarily meaningful to impute anything to the loss of some of these blogs. New ones arise, different in character and perspective.
I agree with you completely- blogging is a function of personal motivation. Thus, I have about the same # of active links as I’ve had for some time. They just change.
Glad you are enjoying your summer. Mine is proving to be a cornucopia of wonderful surprises!
xoxoxo
-saratoga