"I often don't quite know where a post is going when I begin it"

Tuck is making awesome slipcovers of his own design for the Duncan Phyfe diningroom chairs, which he will reupholster as soon as the slipcovers are ready to go. Photo above shows patterns, plans and tools of the trade in the late-afternoon sunlight. He learned in one or two easy lessons last week how to pin, baste and sew on our old Sears Kenmore workhorse: A quick study, our spouse. We haven't sewn for years, but now The Old Man is willing and eager to take the torch. We spent hours -- punctuated with lovely luncheons at local emporiums -- last week wandering among miles of aisles of fabric offerings at The Fabric Place in Woburn and Zimman's in Lynn. Pix to come as soon as the cats start staking their claims on Tuck's fab new creations.

"I only write about things that happen to interest me. I'm funny that way," writes our dear blogfriend Neo, speaking for all of us who blog:

I'm not here on assignment. That's one of the nice things about blogging, as opposed to being a journalist or a student: I really only have to write about what I happen to want to write about.

Oh, some topics are more exciting than others. Sometimes I think I'm interested in writing about something and then run out of steam halfway. Some of those posts never see the cyberlight of day; some do.

We had one of those just the other day. Neo catches the conscience of the king:

I often don't quite know where a post is going when I begin it; sometimes it's only at the end that things come clear (or at least as clear as they're ever going to get). But I usually start out with an idea, or a series of linking ideas (often a great rush of them), or a question, or a mystery. There's some sort of spark, some "aha!" or "hmmm, I wonder" moment that begins the whole thing. I find myself writing on those little notepapers, and/or ruminating while doing other things (especially exercising). A little monologue starts in the brain, and sometimes it can be quite insistent and demanding.

Isn't that what intellectual inquiry is all about, following your thinking and research wherever they may lead? No wonder blogging is so much fun.

Comments

[goomp]

Old media, old monotonous ideas It appears that more often than not blogging brings out new and exciting ideas.

[Teresa]

I'm hoping pictures of Tuck's finished project are in the offing too. *grin* Good for him! I have an old sewing machine...but I lost the little "goodie box" with all the teeny attachments. I have no idea where it disappeared or even when. Not that I sew anymore.

As for blogging - Neo is exactly right on that one. Blog what you find interesting and not everything must be published just because it was started. I've dumped many an unfinished post because I just can't make it go.

[plum]

Zimmans rules! It's off limits to me until I finish the projects (also slipcovers) with the fabric I bought there last time. . .
I look forward to seeing the recovered chairs.