JJ...no worries...it's all good. and I'm sorry if I took what you said out of context.

Hey "mouth of the south" you're such a funny, little clown.
Reading 'n writing take huge chunks of time. But I agree with
what ya all are sayin'! Cheers and kudos! Who knows which way
the wind blows???

Stuff takes weird twists and turns out of context; ain't it so!

There is time spent behind the scenes too. I think of certain people who are on these forums whether I am here or not, even if I have withdrawn for a month or two.

So ttue Lynn. I think we tend to carry one another with us in the day to day.

Yes. While driving to the post office today I was thinking of Eagle, and I got lost on what should have been a routine errand. Not to worry, though. With Pike's Peak in view, and the Colorado weather so wonderful, it was a treat to get lost!

Out of sight definitely doesn't mean out of mind for many of us here. As Dotsie says, many of us carry each other throughout the day and night, in prayer, thought, care and love. I'm not contributing as much lately, I'm very tired all of the time (again) and simply can't muster enough energy to do much that requires more than mindless banter, and even that exhausts me sometimes. But so many of you are in my heart constantly, permanently etched there as the cherished treasures that you are. Lynn, I think of you so much more than you could ever imagine. I'm very happy to think of you thinking of me while looking at Pike's Peak! What a lofty place to be an Eagle on your mind!

You've got a good image going on there, Eagle-on-my-mind, aloft at Pike's Peak.

I wish there were smiley faces or something so that I could show you my face - that says - Oh mygosh... I've been part of this site for several years and probably posted a whole lot early on when I had time, then not so much... then I went through a period of working two jobs and going to school, etc., etc. It's only been since leaving my job and being at home trying to do my art work and figure out how to MAYbe get something going with that, that I've had time to kind of get back into it. The one thing I have always wondered about though is this - I'm on the west coast so there's never anyone on at the same time as I am, (maybe once in a while Meredith is) so I sort of feel like I'm talking to myself. I do respond to those who respond to me, as much as I see them, but sometimes I don't really know how to respond to something. And I hate to just leave some passing blah, blah, blah... or I leave feedback and I never hear from that person again - so then I wonder if maybe I said something wrong.......so what to do, what to do? Honestly though, if I ever just go on and on about what I'm doing, (and it's uninteresting) SOMEONE please STOP ME!
I like to have "Show and Tell" on what I'm doing though, just because I want to show somebody what I do, and I REALLY want to see if there's anyone out there doing the same thing so we can talk about it.
And then I wonder if I talk too much.

Kate

Gee, Kate your stream-of-consciousness writing style indicates a James Joyce in disguise (Are you familiar with this Irish writer of the 1920's. He wrote in this run-on style. A brilliant writer.)

Several more of us here on west coast, as you can see. Another artist, Madelaine has joined us also in same time zone.