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vrijdag 14 februari 2025

2025/8 - And there it is!

 It is such a cliché: my 'baby' has arrived.


But clichés have become themselves for a reason: they are truth.
When I opened that box from the publishers yesterday, it felt as if the baby of my leap of faith had finally arrived. I had worked hard for a year and then practised being patient for a year and a half, and there it was. 

Colourful. 
New. 
Mine.

Doing it all yourself certainly has its drawbacks (uncertainty about my investment, to name but one), but it has so many advantages too! I can do with it what I like now. 
I don't want to jinx things, so I'll keep my plans to myself for just a little while longer, but I do have plans, and they are (mostly) fun. And no-one is going to stop me, or demand 80% of the income of MY creativity and hard work.
And let me tell you, that is a wonderful feeling.
So. The only way is up! When doubt is creeping up on me (am I an old fool to start this at my advanced age?), I always remember a quote by Mark Twain:

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. 
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

There is a lot of life in this old biddy, I tell you! Besides, there is no fool like an old fool, right? Here's to all old fools!

Renée 


2025/28 - Promises, promises...this summer is bursting with them

  There were promises of rain. Except it was mizzle  and did not make my garden ecstatic with joy. Then there were promises of fair weather;...