tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037665037475387929.post1490208023725772597..comments2023-04-02T04:12:22.602-05:00Comments on Ms Sparrow: About things left undoneMs Sparrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037665037475387929.post-63010076401235559272009-08-18T10:35:26.826-05:002009-08-18T10:35:26.826-05:00Thank you, sweet ladies, for the kind words. The o...Thank you, sweet ladies, for the kind words. The only thing I can claim to be an expert on is me but occasionally something pulls me up short and makes me re-analyze what I think about myself. Then I have to readjust and figure out what to do about it.<br /><br />Thanks for the crafting tips, Penniwig!Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037665037475387929.post-35676100307519008422009-08-17T18:59:36.874-05:002009-08-17T18:59:36.874-05:00Well, the Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz says - slight...Well, the Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz says - slightly paraphrasing here - "You are the protagonist of your own life," and so it is. Of course a person is self-concerned; what else can they authentically be? I say self-CONCERNED, and it is different than self-CENTERED.<br /><br />For your ticket decoupage idea, take your hesitation to mean something positive. SOMETHING is stopping you from doing the project! Maybe it isn't the right project! Maybe you want to do a series of shadowboxes with tickets that can be pinned and removed, or maybe you want to make a long ribbonboard and tuck them behind the ribbons, adding and moving as you wish...who knows?Olde Dame Penniwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871888334179316997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037665037475387929.post-14655536668907127472009-08-17T16:43:04.717-05:002009-08-17T16:43:04.717-05:00I saw Julie & Julia yesterday and enjoyed it. ...I saw Julie & Julia yesterday and enjoyed it. I liked the way the two stories and the photography were interspersed. As far as blogs being self-centered, of course they are and I enjoy reading them to get a glimpse into someone else's life--a little voyeuristic I guess. I see them as a way of expressing ourselves like people who draw or paint, just a different medium.MimiRockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439665025632734026noreply@blogger.com