Trying to follow

Hey there, this is Ariah Fine, the author of the blog here. It’s not being updated regularly at the moment, I’m actually trying to move from a blog format to something that looks a little more like a conversation. Feel free to search and browse around and chime in with a comment on any of the old posts you find, I’ll be sure to comment back and engage in some conversation.

For you regular readers, I thought of a neat diagram to convey why I’m trying to take a break from blogging (Your probably saying this post and the others doesn’t really qualify as a break). I think you can understand the diagram so I won’t try and explain it.

I also spent a little bit of my creative time creating some banners for some of the better posts that I’ve written. Hopefully these will come together in some sort of worthwhile form.

I’m also planning on beginning to podcast again, just short 5-10 minute deals, maybe a couple times a week. You can bookmark my podcast page or subscribe, or just check them out here:
Update: I’ve also added my YouTube Favorites Channel for your viewing pleasure. Check back regularly as I’ll be adding new videos constantly.

I’m going to link to the original post for this one, you’ll want to check out the audio and show notes from this interview.

I had the wonderful opportunity this morning of interviewing Eric Odier-Fink of The Justice Clothing Company. Eric graciously gave me a bit of his time to answer some questions about Justice Clothing, Sweatshops, Unions and Fair Trade.

Listen to the Interview and read the shownotes here. 

Thanks for the input everyone on my considering taking a blogging break. I figure I should give a bit of an explanation so you understand why I want to take a break (and so I can sort of figure it out myself). There’s a lot of reasons, here’s just a few…

Mostly, I’ve been trying to spend most of my waking hours with my beautiful baby in my arms, which has been good for all of us, but not good for my typing abilities.  My focus has changed quite a bit too, and I’m thinking a lot more about the baby and being a father and not so much about all the other issues that usually consume my thoughts. So, lack of time/attention is the first reason.

The second thing is that we as a family are going through some major changes (baby, parenting, jobs, moving, etc). Definitely things I want to write about, but not necessarily blog for the world.  It’s also giving me space to reconsider what activities/projects/blogs I’m giving my time to.

I’ve considered trying podcasting a bit, because it doesn’t require two hands to do. I’ve thought about doing web design as a side job. Once we move and the baby is a little bigger, I definitely plan on getting out more and getting involved in some community projects. I’d love to write a book or some other writing projects, rather then blogging, but maybe both.

Anyways, that’s enough for now. I’ll put another post up here later highlighting some of my favorite old posts on here, and maybe linking to a podcast or some other things. Alright, that’s about it.

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P.S. I still might post occasionally…