Pusstaphah's Palace

While perusing Pinterest recently (a favourite hobby of mine and the reason why people don't see me for days), I found an interesting Pin that gave me food for thought.  I won't re-post the pin here because I don't want to offend it's creator or break it's copyright anyway,  but it simply said "You cannot pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first." As analogies go it's very simple and eloquent but it really did give me a light-bulb moment.  The statement applies to many people I know, including myself.  I'm not the most generous of people, especially with my time, but I know a lot of my friends and family are.  They're incredibly giving of themselves, giving their time, energy and enthusiasm to so many others that I don't know what we would do with out them. It's not a selfish act to take care of yourself.  If you spend your time taking care of others, working hard and providing support for those close to you then you need...

There is a curse, oft mentioned by the late, lamented Terry Pratchett.  It says "May you live in interesting times".  Well, I've been living in interesting times since I last blogged anything.  There have been all kinds of happenings at the Palace and some of them have been very difficult, not just for me and my feline bosses, but for my family and friends too. I'm not going to go into great detail as I don't have a bottle of wine to hand. Needless to say though, this means that certain changes will be reflected in the blog.  I would say normal service would be resumed shortly, but "normal" sounds so boring.  The time has come to make opportunities and to make things.  Grab your glue guns, your pliers and your yarn and let's get making. Spread the creativity!