Meeting Amanda (and Jean, and Brandie)
One of the very first blogs to earn a permanent place on my blog roll was SouleMama. If I had to make an educated guess, I would say that I've been reading SouleMama, for almost as long as Geek+Nerd has been around, maybe since late 2005? Anyways, in internet years, that's EONS!
During all of that time, Amanda has been raising her little family only about an hour away from me. Once she had a show at Edith and Edna (which is gone, sniff, sniffle), that I missed, and there were book-signing events that passed by, but each occasion the timing was never right for me to drive up and have a chat.
So when Amanda came out with her second book, Handmade Home, I made sure my calendar was clear to attend one of the book-signings.
Guess what people - She's every bit as lovely as one would expect!
Amanda, I admire you for the beautiful art and crafts that come from your hands, for the imaginative way that you raise your family and for your obvious zest for life. But - most importantly I admire you for taking all of those things, bundling them together and sharing them with the world via SouleMama. Your writings and photographs have inspired me to go do something with that scrap bag in my closet, to take a breath when I need it and to find happiness in the everyday, the little things. Not only do you lead an inspiring life, but in your quiet, gentle way, you have encouraged me to go live one too. Thank you for taking time out of your days to give me, (and thousands of others) such a generous gift!
And if I was a less nervous fan girl, I might have articulated some of that in person. I think it came out as "You're so inspiring...uhhh...I love your blog drool."
An added bonus to the day I met one of my Flickr contacts, Jean aka Beetgreen and super awesome Brandie. It was so lovely and to chat and knit with you both!
Here's a little bit of happy for all three of you -this is one of my favorite Gene clips - good luck with your tap lessons!
During all of that time, Amanda has been raising her little family only about an hour away from me. Once she had a show at Edith and Edna (which is gone, sniff, sniffle), that I missed, and there were book-signing events that passed by, but each occasion the timing was never right for me to drive up and have a chat.
So when Amanda came out with her second book, Handmade Home, I made sure my calendar was clear to attend one of the book-signings.
Guess what people - She's every bit as lovely as one would expect!
Amanda, I admire you for the beautiful art and crafts that come from your hands, for the imaginative way that you raise your family and for your obvious zest for life. But - most importantly I admire you for taking all of those things, bundling them together and sharing them with the world via SouleMama. Your writings and photographs have inspired me to go do something with that scrap bag in my closet, to take a breath when I need it and to find happiness in the everyday, the little things. Not only do you lead an inspiring life, but in your quiet, gentle way, you have encouraged me to go live one too. Thank you for taking time out of your days to give me, (and thousands of others) such a generous gift!
And if I was a less nervous fan girl, I might have articulated some of that in person. I think it came out as "You're so inspiring...uhhh...I love your blog drool."
An added bonus to the day I met one of my Flickr contacts, Jean aka Beetgreen and super awesome Brandie. It was so lovely and to chat and knit with you both!
Here's a little bit of happy for all three of you -this is one of my favorite Gene clips - good luck with your tap lessons!
Labels: our days
posted by Geek+Nerd at 6:00 AM
4 Comments:
How I love Gene Kelly! So handsome, such a beautiful dancer and pleasant singer. . .
I like that "An American in Paris" clip, but I think my favorite one is this one from "Singin' in the Rain!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFxWkUkUsQA
it was so nice to meet you sarah! and thanks for the gene clip. love him. and who knows, with a little practice... :)
you look like summer in that lovely dress! so sweet.
So awesome you got to meet her and snap some great pics! Rock on! I would have been the same nervous blog reader, later going over all the things I WISH I would have said. :)
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