So Long Cyril
Adieu Pram, Hello Future. So incensed by another blogger's suggestion (see comments below Boondoggling and Sunday Morning) that 'Pram in the Hall' was nicked as a title that I have taken it down. Never felt it necessary to copy anyone in my life and I'm not about to start now. Any seasoned bloggers reading this I would love to know the etiquette - though frankly I wouldn't use that title if you paid me now. Suggestions for a new title most welcome - the Cranky Old Bag Blog sprang to mind with the mood I'm in, but I was always fond of Susan Coolidge and Katy so let's give that a whirl. Blog titles are easy to change - subject matter of babes and books less so. But then there's rather a community of us writing about those. Good luck to the other Pram, and there is a link to it in the sidebar for anyone interested.
On a personal level blogging is meant to be a daily good deed between novels - half keeping the writing rhythm going like morning pages, half communicating with other writers balancing (dry laugh) trying to balance work and family. It is meant to be a way of staying sane during a time of ridiculous tension (changing agents, delayed publication, potential overseas move, pilot constantly away, father's death and miraculous resurrection - he made it through surgery today by the way). Come to think of it maybe the new title works better as we have just Freecycled the last of the pushchairs and a new freedom beckons. Katy had big dreams too, and didn't let a little fall get in her way. I read a great quote today from Prof Randy Pausch's Lecture of a Lifetime (he died last week age 48): "Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things." Time to focus on what really matters, move on - and blogging is meant to be fun. Sleep tight, and so long Cyril - the Pram is on the road.
On a personal level blogging is meant to be a daily good deed between novels - half keeping the writing rhythm going like morning pages, half communicating with other writers balancing (dry laugh) trying to balance work and family. It is meant to be a way of staying sane during a time of ridiculous tension (changing agents, delayed publication, potential overseas move, pilot constantly away, father's death and miraculous resurrection - he made it through surgery today by the way). Come to think of it maybe the new title works better as we have just Freecycled the last of the pushchairs and a new freedom beckons. Katy had big dreams too, and didn't let a little fall get in her way. I read a great quote today from Prof Randy Pausch's Lecture of a Lifetime (he died last week age 48): "Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things." Time to focus on what really matters, move on - and blogging is meant to be fun. Sleep tight, and so long Cyril - the Pram is on the road.
