It’s a strange phenomenon, really, to have a blog for four-and-a-half years, never even bother with an “About” page, and then realize once you do bother with an “About” page that you’re completely tongue-tied and shy about it all. Which is ridiculous, considering some of the ground I’ve covered here, lo! these many years now. Nevertheless, that’s the position in which I find myself, blushing and hesitant, like a bride suddenly modest after the wedding night.
It’s weird.
Uhm. Let’s see. Perhaps to start, I should just try to make this page useful to new readers. So to help you in reading the blog, here are some definitions of terms and identification of people who appear on this blog:
~ MB: My Beloved, my husband. Everyone around here now calls him MB which I think is rather sweet.
~ Piper/The Peep: Adorable niece, my sister’s youngest kid.
~ The Banshee: My brother’s oldest daughter, my niece.
~ Baby Banshee: Her little sister.
~ Tee Tee: The name Piper started to call me because she couldn’t pronounce “Aunt Tracey.” It just stuck. Now The Banshee uses it, too.
~ The word pippa: Uh, well, it means
ACK!! What happened to my About page?? It’s possessed. Sorry to anyone reading this. I need to fix it ASAP. There was a lot more here and now — poof! — it’s gone!! What? Where? How? Drat!!
I would love to read your “political blog” you mentioned in today’s blog about your cousin meeting John McCain and Sarah Palin. Your writing brought me to tears, as I have several family members with Down’s Syndrome and know how beautiful and special they truly are.
Comment by Jean Malkiewicz — September 11, 2008 @ 8:10 am
Who is the artist you use to decorate your blog? I love the style.
Comment by Daniel Cooksey — September 11, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Jean — I will send you the password.
Daniel — Thank you for asking! I love him, too. His name is William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).
There’s a fairly extensive gallery of his work over on Wikipedia, for starters, but I prefer The Art Renewal Center, which has a fabulous online gallery of virtually every artist imaginable. Here’s a link to Bouguereau’s gallery over there. You can literally lose yourself for hours at that site. I love it.
Comment by tracey — September 11, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Tracy — Thank you for the response. I can’t wait to dive into his work.
Comment by Daniel Cooksey — September 12, 2008 @ 2:39 pm
Thank you for your post about your DS relative meeting Gov. Palin. It made me cry.
Jennifer
Mom of 3 boys- one who has DS
Comment by Jennifer Varanini — September 24, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
This has got to be the prettiest blog I’ve ever seen. Love the design!
Comment by Lilah — May 30, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
[…] Absolutely, new reader, and welcome! I’ve tried to explain some things here, in my admittedly horrible, cringe-inducing “About” page. […]
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Hey, this is a fairly good “About Page.” I once saw someone who put their “About Me” on the sidebar. In its entirety: “Who am I? Just a hockey fan. Why are you here? You must have gotten lost on the Internet.” That was it. Finito. Then there’s my “About Page,” which doesn’t exist. (Maybe for my five-year blogiversary…)
Trust me, you’re ahead of the game here.
Comment by nightfly — June 3, 2009 @ 7:21 am
You’re right this is terrible! LOL. Just kidding. The picture is beautiful.
Comment by Lynne D. — June 3, 2009 @ 9:24 am
Hi there, pretty pale lady.
I was thinking about you today–
knowing you kept a link to my defunct blog…
gives me hope.
Thanks for sticking with the blogging, even though there are weirdos out there who try to make you regret it.
Truth to power, girlie!
And look! I made it to the end of your about page, entirely cringe-free!
Comment by roo — June 4, 2009 @ 12:24 pm
Tracey, I love your About page; I can’t understand why you have such doubts about it.
Keep on Keepin’ On…..you know?
Comment by Maura — June 7, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
[…] (I can guarantee you won’t hear anyone say pippa which is what I prefer to call people, as we all know. I think it has a fresh, modern feel, as opposed to “folks” which seems hokey and vaguely geriatric.) […]
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