An Introduction

People have asked me for a few years now why I don't have a blog. I guess that is what outspoken people, like myself, do these days. We post our thoughts and actions up onto the ethereal world of the internet for self gratification or other people to read; maybe for both. I suppose the reasons I've shied away from it more than any other reason is simply the inability to commit. Between being a wife, mother of 2 small children, and having a full time career there isn't a ton of time to compose my thoughts in an organized and intelligent way. But the thought has been nagging at me. I've always considered myself a writer. I'm not published, and probably won't be any time in the near future, but I'm most happy when I get a minute to jot down a few words. So I've decided to do it. I'm not silly enough to create a huge blog schedule, or even promise to have a consistent theme or blog genre (do blogs have genres)? What this blog will be is a place for me to catalog all the strange and different things that catch people I know off guard about me. I have a passion for gardening which turned me onto both canning and trying to create healthy delicious seasonal meals for my family. I read constantly, and I will probably subject the blog world to reviews of the books I'm reading. I may even torture the internet with my poetry. For those who know me, you'll understand when I say there is almost guaranteed to be a rant about eucalyptus trees as well. I've named my blog "Tentatively Speaking" this isn't to say that my thoughts and writing will be timid in any way, the OED defines tentative as "Trying, experimenting; experimentation"; that is my ultimate goal, is to experiment with my ability to write my thoughts down and see if it is something that I enjoy doing, and indeed, if those reading my words enjoy it as well.