Why blog?
Okay - I’ve started a blog. I’ve resisted for a long time for numerous reasons, all of which have become excuses rather than real reasons. In no particular order my resistances were:
- I didn’t have time
- Ed told me I should start one
- I had enough writing a day with my journalling practice
- I didn’t think people wanted to hear me ranting
However, over the past few weeks, small seeds of ideas have come to me and I have thought, “Where would I write such things?” and the answer was always “In a blog of course!”
So here it is. I am making no promises to be as regular (or as addicted) to blogging as Ed is, all I can promise is that I’ll write some stuff and you can read it and comment as you like.
For those of you who I’ve been out of touch with for awhile, here’s my current situation:
- I’m living in Japan and “teaching” English as a Foreign Language.
- In the past two years I’ve been seen wearing suits and other business attire more often than I would like to admit.
- I am even more addicted to green tea than I was when I first got here.
- I’ll be returning to Canada late July.
- I’m thinking about arranging a reading while I’m in Saskatoon this summer.
- I’m still doing yoga, though it has become more therapy and survival technique than a source for deepening my relationship to the divine.
- We’ll be moving to the UK this fall.
- I’ll be doing an MA in Devised Theatre at Dartington College of Arts in Devon.
- I’ll be much more sane (whatever that means) once I leave Japan.
A note on my blog title: yoga, sencha (Japanese green tea) and dragon pearls (jasmine rolled into little balls that you can brew into tea) are the three things that hold me together at the moment…it seemed appropriate! Other titles that almost made it to the top were: blogua lingua, blogasana and oolong green.
That’s all I’m going to say for now. More to follow in due course…
June 10th, 2005 at 11:23 pm
YAYAYAYAYAYAY! This is so exciting! I will surely add you to my daily blog checking routine (which sometimes becomes an hourly check!). Can’t wait to read more. (oh and I like blogasana!).
June 11th, 2005 at 12:04 am
Hi Lia.
I’m going to make a point of visiting Saskatoon while you’re there. The three of you, I miss.
Namaste,
James
ps. I love the title.
June 11th, 2005 at 6:03 pm
hi Lia, o-hisashiburi
I’m very pleased to hear you guys will be in the UK in the autumn.. I also expect to regain a highre level of sanity once I’m home! I’m likely to come to Devon to see another friend, and I’m sure you’ll be visiting London, so I hope we can spend some real time; I’d like to hang out with Jarrod too, I’ll let him know. take care, Jen
June 13th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
Great news, Lia. I’ve had a blog since 2000 and even though it’s not updated as often as it once was, it’s still a great way to let friends and family know what I’m up to. Great to hear about your new direction in the fall, too. Good luck with the move!
June 18th, 2005 at 5:19 am
Hey Lia,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I just finished the spring quarter and I can honestly say I’m beat.
Sounds like you’ve got a lot happening. Let’s see–I just passed my second language exam, and my second year Ph.D review went great. I’ll just be working a lot this summer and I take my qualifying exams next year, and the rest is just the process of getting through it all. My mom just graduated with her BA in anthropology a couple of weeks ago and I’m really proud of her. So, I’m still here in Davis, CA and it’s not exactly exciting, it’s just alright.
I’m so happy for you, every email is just filled with interesting experiences of your adventures. I wish you the very best and always keep me posted. Isis.
June 19th, 2005 at 8:00 pm
Cool - Dartington is a lovely place, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!