The Liberty London Girl returns

It's weird the connection you have with the bloggers you follow. In 2006 I was an avid follower of Liberty London Girl...we shared the common bond of both being female and me reading her blog. Never met, never exchanged words, but for a few minutes a couple of times a week, I'd log on and check in.

What grabbed me most was the complete swap in circumstances (she a fabulous UK fashion girl come NY local and me, well me) and of course the weather with LLG in boots and covering up from the cold and me turning the fan up. Sadly though for personal reasons she decided to stop blogging a while ago, and fair enough too although I knew I'd miss her keenly...but now she is back!

I happened upon her blog again when my work laptop went kaput. Suddenly all my favourites and internet links were held up on a dead machine and it was back to a world of network server...and some old links....and there she was...a quick click and we were back in business. But so much time has past...will we ever catch up...what has happened? And why do I want to send her a big hug as a thank-you for continuing her journey and the fortuitous event that brought me back to the site? Either way, if you are after me, I'm catching up with LLG.

Gah! There are other people like me!

Spending time actually blogging today, that's right, most of these posts starts out as a link and a promise to myself to come back at some point and actually digest and make sense of things. Who would of thought that in scanning through the myriad of things that have caught my eye at some point I would follow a flow to find there are other people like me out there in the world! What is it with us reflective museum-studying types? Caught in a zeitgeist perhaps?

Anyhow, I present two new finds and send out my best wishes to these ladies as they make their way one muse at a time...

MJWrites

Food, wine, museum, book-loving Arts Administration graduate student currently residing in the Pacific NW. MJ Writes covers museum studies, practices, exhibits, young professionals, museum and arts management resources, etc. etc.

Know Your Own Bone

A Generation Y museum lover, nonprofit program producer, graduate student, advocate of lifelong learning, root beer float enthusiast, and total nerd for creative engagement in cultural centers.

Blog roll

Every so often I might do a blog roll...which is just a posting about blogs (or really sites/zines/scrapbooks etc) I have seen/read/think are cool or more importantly find vital to the task of daily living. I love the challenge I get when I talk about blogs (usually, and I'm sorry to anyone outside of my generation) but usually this comes from speaking with someone outside my generation who just doesn't 'get' why people would want to blog. 'Why not?' my oft reply and why not indeed when there are so many people doing interesting things. Why wouldn't you want to participate in a world where you can, through the click of a few buttons, open up to worlds and experiences, thoughts and inspirations of others. Don't knock it to you try it, I say.

Every day I'm more and more inspired by the people I find (or should I say fall into my lap) from the world of the internets. More and more my discussion with friends focuses on a subjects that so and so's blog bought about. Here's a few I've just started to follow simply because they, well, are (and I do hate to say it again, but really it's true) inspiring.

Something Changed

Jessica works in advertising in Sydney. Her blog, her online scrapbook is amazing.

52 Suburbs

A wonderful journey week by week into a different suburbs of Sydney with photography that never disappoints. Train trip anyone?

What Consumes Me

Self-reflective and again much like an online scrapbook, but oh so cool (well way cooler than my little blog). NY-based Digital Strategist Bud Caddell is on a journey of 'aggregating and curating everything I do, read and generally consume'. I'm hooked Bud.

Scaryduck

Ok, not a serious one now, but the tales of Scaryduck, the fragrant Mrs Duck and Scaryduck Jnr are irresistible. Full of epic fail, sick in a hedge and Kim Jong II.

Got a suggestion for something that might float my boat? Do share.