This whole thing with blogs just really stumps me. People send me links to blogs about bikes, architecture, home furnishings, and jewelry. Where do these busy people find the time? And it is not just the time to write all the entries but also the time to read all the entries of other bloggers. While I was an editor with a magazine, they paid me to make entries on Orchid daily, it was considered part of their marketing plan. So, when I look at the Orchid forum and see jewelers who I assume are working full-time to support their families, I've got to wonder, where do they find the time? 

Currently, I am going through the rushes (proofs before final printing) for my forthcoming book with Lark books, Masters: Gold, while I develop multiple jewelry making/technique teaching workshops, make jewelry samples to promote those workshops, enter multiple juried exhibitions, write for grants to complete some more artistic work, volunteer as the secretary on the Board of Directors for SNAG, and do research and development on new tools I want to bring to other jewelers. All this on top of being a single mom to a really great first year middle schooler, who just got an "A" on his math special number project!! And I start to wonder where do I find the time.

I am heading to Seattle this weekend for the Northwest Metals Symposium put on buy the Seattle Metals Guild and it should be really wonderful. I will take pictures and post a blog about it when I get home. I hope you read it but if your little one has a school project to get ready and you can't find the time, I will understand.