Hello!

     I type badly. Truly. I have tried for a decade to do this bloggy thing. I am constantly misunderstood. I am sick of this.
     There are two reasons for this. 1) You cannot hear my tone. My tone while typing is apparently awful. I can type the simple words, "I like peas because peas are tasty." People hear me screaming with dripping judgement, "You PEA HATERS MUST DIE!!!" I have no idea why. This truly was, in my head, a pleasant and simple observation on life. 2) Multiple learning problems in childhood leave me grammatically inept. I make really truly, terrible elementary mistakes. I am working on them but the combination of these issues leaves me reading like a really ignorant, angry person. I am not.
     The reverse is true in person. In person, I have been told that I am well-spoken. Recently, a friend heard my voice and said it was "mellifluous." I was stunned. I had told my friend that when I try to weave the words onto the screen, I get lost. Terribly, deeply lost in translation.
     Now, I have cultivated my voice to be pleasant because Mr. J.T. Eiler of Rossville High School told me I could. But "mellifluous" is such a truly terrific word. Imbedded in all my blogs will be a recording of me reading the blog to you. If you would like to hear my tone and my emotions, click the file and it will play. I was inspired by the book and record combo packs of my youth. "Turn the page when you hear the bell." I loved those sets.
     As to the subject matter, I will wander a bit from motherhood, belief systems, current events and so forth. However, as so much of my life is tied up in children, even current events are thought about in terms of where this world is headed for the kids I now raise. There will be recipes and crochet patterns and odd bits from the tangle of me. As I wish to just type out my inner thoughts, I will record my voice to clarify my ideas as needed for the blog. I promise will not read a recipe for Brunswick Stew to you.
     Enjoy. I hope I have started a new era in blogging. I hope that maybe I can be successful at it. Finally.