Tilting at Windmills: It's my Blogoversary.....

Monday, October 20, 2008

It's my Blogoversary.....

..... and the winners are:

Papercrafting Candy: Wendi K
Stitching Candy: Suzanne
Candy/candy: Cricketpe

I need to get all your addresses and the packages should go out around the end of the week!

Thanks to everyone for all the kind wishes and good thoughts. Now on for another year!

3 comments:

CricketPE said...: Yay, I'm so excited!! I love candy! Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see an e-mail address on your blog to contact you privately to send my address.; October 20, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Suzanne said...: Would that be "me" Suzanne????? If so I am so excited. I will PM you my address in hopes it is. If it isn't oh well.........; October 21, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Lee said...: Congrats to the winners!; October 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".