Blogversary Archives - Cynthia Gellis

The In-Between Things Blog-versary, Day 4

CG — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:58:29 +0000

Today we are wrapping up the In-Between Things blog-versary extravaganza! It’s been a year! Next week we will get back to our regularly-scheduled content, probably only twice a week going forward. I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing, but I also feel like it has been a very edifying experience and am looking forward to discovering what year two has in store.

A few numbers to make things seem important:

1 person
4 categories
52 weeks
145 posts

In celebration, I decided that this week we would take a look back at the past year by highlighting five favorite posts for each category.

I was sure that it would be simple to skim through and pick my faves. Not so fast my friend! Wow, there is a lot there. I also noticed formatting issues and little typos on pretty much every post (thank you for tolerating my imperfections). Other than the corrections, there weren’t really any posts that stood out to me. On the plus side, I guess that means that the writing is at least of a consistent quality (for better or worse). On the minus side, it made it challenging to pick out a few posts in each category to highlight, so I’ve tried to go with just a range of topics. I’ve re-opened the comments on these posts, please let me know what you think of them. And if your favorite posts weren’t highlighted, please leave a comment here about which one(s) you feel were overlooked.

Home & Garden Thursday (35)

Let’s be honest, I expected that having this category would advance my domestic goddess aspirations – my house would be clean, my garden would be thriving, I would be making delicious foods, crafts would be happening all over the place – all so that I would have clever things to write about. Well, my domestic goddess status is still aspirational, but there have been some flashes of brilliance. The good news is that there isn’t anything to do except to keep trying (all in the name of having material to write about of course).

Coconut Cream Pie

Just thinking about this makes me want to make another one. We might be overdue for cream puffs, maybe coconut cream filling would be a nice touch…stay tuned for more on that.

Kitsch Signature

Come on guys, this was clever!

Fairy House Craft Day

Ah, finally a good, solid craft day! With such great results. I wonder what other crafts I can get myself up to? I wonder who I can talk into coming over to play along?

Sedona Dreaming

What a magical place!

Trophy Wife Manifesto

This is an idea that had been rolling around in my head for a while, it was great to sit down and actually write it up. I don’t feel like I’m done with this concept yet, stay tuned for a future installment.

I was listening to a podcast on my walk the other day and it opened with this quote:

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself…”
– Carl Jung

It struck me that this is what I was feeling when I decided to start this blog. I was looking for an outlet to communicate. And even though writing is a solitary endeavor, I do feel more connected by having this outlet to explore different things and share my thoughts.

Thank you for reading.

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The In-Between Things Blog-versary, Day 3

CG — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:32:36 +0000

Today is The In-Between Things day 3 blog-versary extravaganza! It’s been a year of Arts & Entertainment Wednesday! I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing, but I also feel like it has been a very edifying experience and am looking forward to discovering what year two has in store.

A few numbers to make things seem important:

1 person
4 categories
52 weeks
145 posts

In celebration, I decided that this week we would take a look back at the past year by highlighting five favorite posts for each category.

Arts & Entertainment Wednesday (33)

My interest in creating a blog at all and in having one day dedicated to Arts & Entertainment specifically came out of driving home from the ballet one night with my mom and sister. I just really wanted to talk about art more. This would be my outlet. The challenge is that I am not big on arts criticism and didn’t want to resort to the sort of reviews that you see in various publications. To me it seems that critics tend to pile their expectations on the work, often with an agenda intended to make the work less, not more accessible. I’m still working on finding an effective style when it comes to my reviews. Mixing in posts about other sorts of artistic activities helps keep it fun.

RBG

This was the first post where I touched on the subject of feminism and even though RBG is unquestionably fierce, I was nervous. It is something that I feel very strongly about, I just hadn’t felt comfortable in expressing myself. Since this post, I’ve gained some confidence in handling the subject, but this was my first, tentative step.

Don Quixote

My first foray into dance criticism.

Merce Cunningham

What a fascinating person! I admire his virtuosity and his unique creative process immensely.

One Inch of Art for a Week

This was a fun project. For me, the best thing about it was the scale. I would have felt overwhelmed with trying to create even just a one page-sized piece of art once, much less every day for a week. I also liked the weirdness of the medium. I might like to try this project again … I wonder what I would do differently and what I would wind up with. Want to play along?

The Tour de France

This is something that has fascinated me for years. Sport as a metaphor may be something worth revisiting.

I was listening to a podcast on my walk the other day and it opened with this quote:

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself…”
– Carl Jung

Thank you for reading.

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The In-Between Things Blog-versary, Day 2

CG — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:15:21 +0000

Today is Day 2 of The In-Between Things blog-versary! It’s been a year! I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing, but I also feel like it has been a very edifying experience and am looking forward to discovering what year two has in store.

A few numbers to make things seem important:

1 person
4 categories
52 weeks
145 posts

In celebration, I decided that this week we would take a look back at the past year by highlighting five favorite posts for each category.

Kitten Tuesday (38)

I have been regaling you with minutia about my cats since they were little, baby kittens. Sometimes these posts are the toughest to write because even though I would like to spend all day, every day staring at these guys, sleeping cats doesn’t always translate into something that someone would want to read. I anticipate Kitten Tuesdays will be spending more time exploring provocative topics such as careers for cats in the coming year. And when all else fails, I will just bombard you with cute kitten pictures.

Welcome Home Kittens!

A little walk down memory lane…

Unsolicited Kitten Advice

I re-read this post and stand by my advice. Invest the time/effort up front to socialize your new pet properly, it makes everything so much easier in the long-run.

Take Your Cat to Work Day

It makes me so happy to have kitten assistants.

Cat Careers

This probably is one of my favorite posts. I giggled the entire time I was writing it and it still just really makes me smile.

Manifesting Kittens

I still don’t know what to think about this. Was it something that was in my subconscious all along?

I was listening to a podcast on my walk the other day and it opened with this quote:

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself…”
– Carl Jung

Thank you for reading.

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The In-Between Things Blog-versary, Day 1

CG — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:41:31 +0000

This week is The In-Between Things blog-versary! It’s been a year! I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing, but I also feel like it has been a very edifying experience and am looking forward to discovering what year two has in store.

A few numbers to make things seem important:

1 person
4 categories
52 weeks
145 posts

In celebration, I decided that this week we would take a look back at the past year by highlighting five favorite posts for each category.

Health & Wellness Monday (38 posts)

Health and Wellness topics were assigned to Mondays because I have a big hang-up about starting the week off right. Getting that Monday morning work-out in is, to me, the key. One thing that I noticed is that the posts that caught my attention were mostly about mindset, not exercise. Hopefully those are the posts that are more interesting for you as well.

With that in mind, here are my top five Health and Wellness posts from the past year:

Pinnacle Peak

This was a great adventure with a special person, but the real reason that this post made the cut is the in-between things tree growing sideways out of a rock in the middle of the dessert. You go tree! I mean really, if that tree can grow and thrive there, what excuses do any of us have to not be our most amazing selves?

2019 Suggestions

Kind-of like how I forgot about my 2018 suggestions until December, I also had forgotten about my 2019 suggestions. I’ll tell you what, time management is still a huge nut for me to crack. For example, I severely underestimated how long it would take me to get this week’s posts organized. I guess the good news is that I’ve gotten better at starting sooner. How are your plans for 2019 coming along?

Trailblazing Women

I felt so empowered and energized after I left this event. Women being frank about the challenges that they face in the world, particularly as professionals, is important.

An Intro to Chakras – Svadhisthana

These chakra posts were tough. The whole point of this blog is to not go too indepth, just touch on interesting concepts and move on. Chakras don’t really lend themselves to that treatment. Re-reading the series, I’m struck by how much I crammed into the posts, even after I edited the pants off them. When I was doing the writing, I remember feeling most engaged by the manipura and anahata posts, and I thought for sure that I would pick one of those to share here. But when I went back, svadhisthana really spoke to me. Something about the idea of the daily creativity cycle of death and rebirth.

Vitamin D Therapy

What can I say guys, I really love a good dose of sunshine.

I was listening to a podcast on my walk the other day and it opened with this quote:

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself…
– Carl Jung

Thank you for reading.

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