Revival
A message from Brigid ....
I have been a blogger since 2005.  At the  height of my blogging busy-ness, I had "a small stable" of  blogs on different topics: social and political commentary; desert  spirituality; food; waste and ....  
A few years ago I called  time and ceased blogging altogether - although there was an  occasional post.  I had called it quits.  I am an aged woman these days  with a couple of serious illnesses. I am not allowed to drive.  I am no  longer active in organisations.  I think it fair to say that I am  housebound. I am active on Facebook, although I am not there as often as  once I was.  I have decided to embark on a re-entry into the blogging  world ... beginning with The Trad Pad and, possibly, a return to my food  blog, Oz Tucker. I have always used a lot of photographs on my blogs  ... and I miss not being out and about with my camera.   
The  Trad Pad has been my blog for the lovely things of life.  The  controversial or political has seldom intruded. Occasionally,  the spiritual has found its way in, but I kept spirituality for the  blog, Desert.  I don't yet know if I will revive that. I will stick  pretty much to food and the lovely things of life.  If I have some  regularity with those two categories, I feel that I will be doing well. I  hope that, with this blog new friendships can be formed and old  friendships renewed; new lovelies discovered; new reflections can enter  into the meaning of modern life.  I would love to hear from you -  particularly if you have suggestions for new topics to enter into the  conversation. So, it is a new year.  Let's see what it has in store,  what it can bring to us. And I hope that those who share the spirit of  The Trad Pad can spread the message of a world of beauty, the creativity  of humanity, and the joys of simplicity and tradition. ~~~ February, 2017