DO NOT GO GENTLE

"Do not go gentle into that good night," wrote Dylan Thomas.  It was way back in June 2007.  Nineteen years ago.  I was then 63 years old with far more nimble fingers, faster ones, too.  Of course, blogger -- laptops [did we even have them? not that I recall!] -- our technology, our creative tools,  all these wonderful tools we enjoy today to create and share our blog postings weren't available. But we pawed forward nonetheless.  

Others may have been here longer, some not so long.  For us, it has been a beautiful journey, one we are now traveling more slowly, with slower steps.  And don't forget those not so nimble fingers.  We've no plans to fade away gently, yet neither are we quite up to ranting-and-raging with all the fervor of days past [though those folks in our neighbor city of DC sure do make us feel the need to do so!].

Anyway, along the way we have made amazing friends, both virtual and in person.  Some are gone now, though not forgotten.  The joys and sorrows of everyday life have been shared through images and words, publicly through our blogs and often privately writing to one another …

It has been my privilege over so many years to create designs, do art for The Cat Blogosphere and for many bloggers ~ this was always my “first love”, my passion when blogging, and my way to be part of our community.  

FOREVER images, for beloved pets, loved and lost have numbered in the thousands, each an honor to design.  I will continue to do these on request, as long as I am able.  Remember, you need only to email and request, aways complementary.  

Zoolatry has been home to cats and dogs, to children and grandchildren ~ to random photography ~ to what I chose to call “photo-art” [long before the days of artificial intelligence].  Photo-art, using online tools to manipulate photos artistically in the hopes of creating a painting-like image or simply a unique or different design. 

"Do not go gentle into that good night," wrote Dylan Thomas.  So, where do we go from here?  Not so gently into that good night … but napping more, spending days in the sunshine more!  

And we’d always believed [as June would say, kinda-sorta] in “blogging without obligation”.  Yet, if you were kind enough to take time to comment on our blog, I did feel some obligation to visit and return your kindness.  Now, all those naps, the arthritic painful and slow hands and such so often get in the way of doing so …  yet you’ve put your own creativity, time, heart and soul into your posting … you deserve recognition!  Yes, you do.   We had pulled away from much posting because we could not do much visiting and commenting … not fair.

So, where do we go from here?  We think [our tentative plan of the moment] is that you’ll see us twice a week.  Wednesdays: when we can be wordy or wordless: June and I still do want to rant-and-rave pawlitically on occasion (we promise not to do that too often) or sometimes just show a cute, maybe cute photo.  And on Saturdays: this is the day when we can share our art images, always our favorite.  And maybe, hopefully, on the in-between days we can manage a little visiting … thanks for sticking with us, y’all are the best of the best!  

And we'll do our best, as we'd kinda-sorta like to make it to twenty years ... 

thank you and meows, ann and june ~ Zoolatry