January journal

[liv]

I am absolutely in love with kaberett's Daily December meme! I'm really enjoying seeing it spread through all the different bits of my social circle. It's been a really excellent way to continue to keep people who did things like NaBloPoMo or Clovember in the conversation after November ends. And it's led to some absolutely fascinating posts and conversations as well as doing marvels for the pure activity volume round here.

I missed Daily December because by the time I'd realized just how brilliant it was it was already some way into the month. In any case I'm a lot lot lot less busy in January than I have been in December, so I'm going to timeshift it and do a January version instead. I can't come up with any very good alliterations, because words related to jour have more or less lost the sense of "daily" in modern English, though daily record is the literal meaning of journal.

This is, by the way, the first time I've attempted a daily posting meme in the decade+ I've kept this "journal". I think, looking at January 2014, it's going to be doable, if I use some of the Xmas break to bank some posts in advance. So, as kaberett so wisely suggested, pick a day and tell me what you'd like me to write about.

I'll take any topic, any level of detail, whatever you feel like reading about. Just a title is fine, a paragraph of explanation of exactly what sort of issues you want discussed is fine. Questions, prompts, whatever you like. And I'm happy for prompts / requests from people I know well or total strangers or anybody in between. If you're the first to claim a day, I'll write for you. I think for a daily meme it'd be prudent to stick to prose; I'm far too slow at poetry to be able to keep up if people ask for verse. And if I don't manage to fill your "day" I'll come back and answer the prompt as soon as I can after January ends.

January 1 – Favourite midrash for angelofthenorth
January 2 – Science! for ajollypyruvate
January 3 – Happiness for hunningham
January 4 – Britain's food bank crises for pretty_panther
January 5 – Favourite recipes for ceb
January 6 – Jewelry and personal adornment for ephemera
January 7 – Exercise for mathcathy
January 8 – Fibonacci interests for jjhunter
January 9 –
January 10 – Three favourite works of fiction (any medium) for kerrypolka
January 11 – Times I was creative for jack
January 12 – Gaming, of a non-computer kind for cxcvi
January 13 – Where do you go? for ephemera
January 14 – Living abroad for ceb
January 15 – e-books and paper books for syderia
January 16 – Trees that matter to me for forestofglory and for Tu biShevat
January 17 – Art on display in my space for ephemera
January 18 – Ambitions for ceb
January 19 – Single-sex education for shreena
January 20 – Memorable positive food experiences for rysmiel
January 21 – Favourite 3 places in the UK for mathcathy
January 22 – God for jack
January 23 – Social causes I work towards for zhelana
January 24 – Books I wish more people would read for wychwood
January 25 – Jewish history that resonates the most for angelofthenorth
January 26 – Non DW blogs I read for zhelana
January 27 – Reflections on the beginning of a new year for mathcathy
January 28 – Childhood memories of food for ephemera
January 29 – Bodies and health for Screwy
January 30 – Music for ceb
January 31 – Polyamory for angelofthenorth

Comments

[ephemera]

Jan 6th - Jewelry and personal adornment (eg- what attracts you, your favorite pieces or styles or approaches, pure aesthetics vs memories.)

[liv]

Ooh, I think I could have fun with this prompt. I wear almost no jewelry, so I might be able to give a comprehensive account of what I do wear!

[ephemera]

bonus: you have a month of leave and an unlimited travel budget - where do you go?

- childhood memories of food

[ephemera]

Oh - and another thought, if I may be greedy (or feel free to swap things in and out) - what sorts of art you do you have on display in your space?