whimsy, delurked

Want to hear something funny? I'm so ahead of the game, so clued-in to the trends, so in touch with the pulse of the internet, I held Delurking Day a full three days before its actual date. Really. (And let's be clear: you should read that as Whimsy is more than a little out of it and also impatient.)

So Delurking Day is today. When Shelly (kisses to Shelly Huh!) emailed me to let me know that she'd heard the concrete date, my rusty head wheels started creakety creaking to try to come up with something different to do. Since clearly, I already asked you guys to delurk and I'm not about to get all demanding and up in your business about doing it twice in one week. I mean, really.

What I decided to do instead is to talk about the sites where I regularly lurk, and maybe even tell you why. It might be fun. Or tedious. But here goes anyway.

Besides usually lurking on all of your sites (and occasionally delurking myself by commenting), I do some regular lurking at:

Mayfly. Alicia is this lovely artist who sews and cooks and paints and takes gorgeous photos. You'd want to hate her a little bit for being so talented but she's so darn thoughtful and nice, you can't. Instead, I like to drop in on her blog from time to time to see what's she's up to. There's always something good going on over there.

six and a half stitches. Okay. I don't know where to start with six and a half stitches except to say: go there. You won't regret it. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Gorgeous photos of her work (knitted things, sewn things) - and super gorgeous words to go along with.

C Jane. Courtney is adorable. And funny.

Sweet Juniper. I suspect that most of you read here already, but if not, you should check it out. Simultaneously funny, heartfelt, and thought-provoking.

the ugly green chair. True story: this is the first blog I ever read. FIRST. Is it weird that I remember that? Whitney tells this funny little bits and stories about her life. And she has great ideas.

Grosgrain. Wandering Nana told me about Grosgrain, and oh the cuteness. THE SHEER CUTENESS. Plus, a million giveaways and contests if you're interested.

And a few new-for-me craft/art blogs that I'm trying on for size:

angry chicken.

bright and blithe.

Buttons McGee.

curious girl.

As I said, I'm not going to demand a Second Creamery Delurking, but I am going to encourage you to get on out there and delurk on some of your regular reads. If you're not a blogger, I'll state the obvious and tell you that it's incredibly gratifying to hear from people who read your stuff. Even if it's just a hello. Or a punctuation mark. Every(ish) day we'll cast something out to the Great Internet Void and sometimes it can feel exactly like whistling in the dark, like you're putting things on your internet porch and wondering if anyone really is reading. So the delurking? It's nice. Really nice.

Now go have yourself a wonderful day and spread some punctuation out on the internet. (And hey - if you're feeling in the mood, tell me a few of the places YOU like to lurk. I'd like to know.)