The Weekly Friday Feast

[Shaz51]

Thank you @Mazarita,

Good night @Angels333

Thankyou Everyone for all your support , it means soooo much to me

talk to you all tomorrow , cant wait

[Appleblossom]

@Angels333 your pesto sounds great.

Good night everybody and gentle dreams

[Drac0]

Goodnight @Mazarita & @Shaz51, hope you get some sunshine for the weekend to get out & do what you have planned.

That pesto sounds great @Angels333, you sharing?

I'm still going to be around for a little while if anyone else is going to be here.

[Appleblossom]

@Drac0

I was isolated for a long time and it sometimes felt odd trying to speak to people , just the mechanics of it , not even thinking about what to say.  I think that is part of the reason I began singing as it kept me vocalising and not getting too isolated, yet I am isolated in that I dont have close friends.

How are you doing tonight ... you give a lot of positive on the forum ... I tried to do that too . I found people's stories here touched me a lot more as being honest.

[Drac0]

@Appleblossom I'm not doing too bad thanks for asking.

I'm still isolated a lot - live alone, no one I would consider a close friend, spend most of my time at home. Don't really like going out seeing people. I talk to myself, not literally, but by writing things. It used to be something I only did when I was really depressed. Poetry mostly. To break that habit I'm trying to do more when I feel not so bad. These forums & my blog are part of it all.

I've always been a listener & supporting of people. I find it easier to discuss other peoples problems but have trouble addressing my own. And I can't deny I feel better when I feel I've improved someones day, even a little.

I like to believe everyone here is being honest. I think it would become apparent to us that have been there when someone is making things up, for whatever reason.

Hope you're feeling a little better too.

[Appleblossom]

Yes it is sometimes easier to boost someone else's morale than excise all our own self-doubts ...

 I write a little .. want to write more .. i ended up writing a 20 page document for annulment proceedings .. just answering their questions ... I found it good to figure out more of the church's intention .. it helped me sift through the superstitious dogmatic side and the wy I had been raised ... that had little relevance to the life I had lived. The marriage tribunal seemed ok ...

was hoping to this year to write more ...but finding my self esteem yoyo ing hugely .. and therefore ... who am I to write.  for what audience and ..for what benefit.  I did a creative writing diploma ... but was under pressure so just made the deadlines ... but didnt feel I had time to properly work on my material.

i have talked out loud to myself especially when I am upset .. i did it more when my son was at school ... but as he has not been there for a while and we share house 24/7 ... I wouldnt want to scare him ... so managed to stop it . so it seems I have some control .. mostly I have been a coper ... because I have to ...

[Drac0]

Maybe don't worry about writing for any audience @Appleblossom, just write for yourself. As long as you like what you write, nothing else matters. I've actually sat down & written the first several chapters of my big 'novel' over the years, several times. Then I find it hard to continue. Thinking of getting into writing short stories. I'm getting into photography so also thinking of putting stories to some of my better pictures later on.

I do occasionally talk out loud to myself, but not often. But I always get an answer I understand.

Take care.

[Shaz51]

Hey @Crazy_Bug_Lady, how did you go at the show ??

how did the weekend go

[NikNik]

**WAVES**

It's been so long since I've been to Friday Feast!

Here is my dinner (though mine is not as well presented as this one 🙂 )

How is everyone?

[Shaz51]

Hello @NikNik

That looks yummy

How are you today ??