lost ideas: found
Lost and Found office in Berlin, 1973. Archive photo from Wikimedia Commons.
I have been blogging for a long time. If I remember it, I plan to celebrate my blog's seventh birthday in June. I don't know what I'll do to commemorate it, but I feel like it deserves a party. I've never given it one before, even though it's been my faithful companion, my repository of experience, and my back-up baby book throughout this mothering journey. (When Evie asks why her baby book is half-empty, I'll just print out the blog posts that mention her and hand them to her. "Here, kid. I was busy doing this instead.")
Anyway, to get to the point of THIS post, I was unsure of what I wanted to write about today, so I went to the page on Blogger today that lets you edit past posts. There's a feature you can use wherein you save unfinished posts as a "draft." I use this all the time. I get an idea for a post, and I open up Blogger. I bang out a title, a few sentences, a word, and then vow to get back to it later.
But sometimes, I never do. I was shocked when I started scrolling through and saw how MANY "draft" posts I had, just waiting to be written. And how old some of them were. And how I no longer had any clue what I intended to write about some of these things.
But there were some good titles, dog-gone it. Titles that sounded like they would make an interesting post. And so I'm offering up for you today my list of draft blog post titles . Leave me a comment and tell me which ones you would like me to actually write. If I remember where I was intending to go with the post, I'll brush off my dusty ideas and polish them up again. And if I have no clue what I intended? I'll make something up. Something shiny and new to go with the old, abandoned title.
Ready? Here you go.
- 10/2/06: Sports and shared experiences
- 10/13/06: Who am I?
- 10/20/06: Here’s the thing about being a stay-at-home mom
- 12/8/06: I got skillz
- 9/13/07: Ashland
- 2/25/08: Oldest known possessions
- 4/18/08: twins? Matching
- 7/7/08: “I want to live here”
- 9/28/08: banned books
- 11/12/08: 10 years 100 characters
- 12/4/08: my dream kitchen
- 1/2/09: faith
- 1/13/09: barbies
- 4/14/09: The deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things
- 9/10/09: worst babysitting experience ever
- 11/13/09: Bacall/Bogart
- 1/10/10: living with purpose
- 2/16/10: vintage eclectic
- 3/15/10: a graphic conversation
- 3/30/10: things I want to remember
- 4/16/10: things to know about girls
- 4/28/10: It’s an interesting thing, this sisterly love
- 6//7/10: why
- 6/17/10: things that my girls have pretended to be today
- 7/12/10: a more equitable solution
- 7/19/10: lemon chicken and coleslaw
- 8/12/10: squash three times a day
- 10/7/10: no-yelling pact
- 10/21/10: just be awesome
- 11/23/10: a psychological insight
- 2/24/11: control
- 3/7/11: on the fleeting nature of time
- 3/27/11: I miss singing
- 4/7/11: music to move me
Leave me a comment and tell me which post you wish I had actually gotten around to writing.
4 comments:
Music to move me, worst babysitting experiences ever and things to know about girls. Go! :)
my dream kitchen and just be awesome. Can't wait!
Hi Jen, I was at the women's retreat and I found your blog through Rebekah's. I love your writing style! Your blog is clever, funny and well-written...I've enjoyed scrolling through it. Anyway, just wanted to say hi and hopefully I'll run into you again soon!
Rachel
Totally didn't get to this in time to vote, but I have to say I do the SAME thing - begin a draft in Blogger, type a few sentences, and maybe get back to it - or not. Great idea. :)
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