My blog break is officially over. My goal was to move this blog to WordPress with a sophisticated new look and format when I resumed blogging. That has not happened because Harry and I realized we need to find a young person to help us get set up properly. So until we find such a person, Blogspot will remain my blog address. I began blogging on blogspot.com three years ago this month while Harry and I were in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It seems only fitting to start up blogging again from the place that inspired me in the first place. I have posted 202 blogs since that time and have had some 9,302 page views. The most popular was the blog on English tea and tea cozies and the #2 was the blog about Fifty Shades of Grey....go figure! I want to thank those of you who take time to read these blogs in what I have learned is my effort to fight dementia.
My blog break included time working on my Spanish (thank you, Rosetta Stone), making a quilt for my grand-daughter, Eva, attending Lexi's graduation in NYC, and a trip to Bayfield, Wisconsin with Alexis and Curtis. I also found that, though I love to blog, blogging consistently, as I have been, is a lot of work, and I was tired. I now find my blogging energy on the rise after the break, or I have sensed the resurgence of dementia, so I have no choice but to get back to blogging as soon as possible.
Harry and I fell in love with San Miguel, with its cobblestone streets, colorful doors and its church bells pealing at all hours of day and night. Lonely Planet describes San Miguel as an Italian hill town, which is good as I may never actually get to Italy. We bought matching shoes this week for cobblestone walking, as last time I took a bad tumble on San Miguel streets wearing the wrong footwear. Now I will not need to buy shoes if I do get to Italy someday.
My heart has been longing to be submerged again in a different culture. I love Mexico in all its beauty and complexity and contradictions. On this trip to San Miguel I will be attending Spanish classes every morning and an afternoon conversation class perhaps a couple of times a week. Harry has a new camera and will be the official photographer for the trip as well as blog editor and blog contributor should the spirit move him. I am also hoping he will join me in the conversation group so he can continue to correct my bad Spanish grammar. My bank recently upgraded their on-line banking system and I had to choose new security questions to get into my bank account. One of the security questions I chose was what would be your favorite job? I of course answered blogging tourist. So I hope you will come along with us on this journey back to Mexico.
click on: The New Old Mexico in blue below
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Hi Jeanne, What's this about dementia? The pictures are beautiful. I think we're falling in love with San Miguel too. And the weather sounds about right.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to all the blogs.
Anne