Rabbit Rabbit - today is the first day of August, 2013.  Yet another new beginning, if I choose to look at it that way.  A favorite blogger The Walking Man asked me why I stopped blogging.  I have been thinking hard about the answer.  I used to derive tremendous joy in publishing a part of myself through pictures and words.  The thought that anyone might actually want to read, or cared about what I created was intoxicating.  And I, in turn, expanded my own boundaries, acquiring new friends through blogging - many which have completely stuck and endured through the years, though some of our collective blogs have faded.  To answer Mark's question I suppose I must say I got into a space of discontent - worry, depression, job hunting, middle aged crisis if you will.... I lost the joy.  I used to always find the time to blog, often coming home from my regular 8 to 5:30 job and staying up into the wee hours of the morning, sometimes struggling with the technicalities of Blogger to get my thoughts and pictures (I LOVE pictures) out on blogger.  I never missed the first blog of each month - as I subscribed to the Rabbit Rabbit cult of good luck... several of my Blogger friends have started posting their Rabbit Rabbit good luck posts on Facebook - as have I.  I feel the need to get back to my Blog - my own outlet of creativity - I miss some of the folks who have passed away, or quit blogging as I have... Thank you Walking Man for re-igniting a few of my lost braincells.  You have done me a  good thing :)