“What canst thou say?” – A new blog.

The first post on a new blog is always tricky to write. How to convey a sense of purpose, set the tone of the blog, imply depth of feeling, intelligence or wittiness? In fact I’ve just spent a good hour staring at the screen failing dismally to write a thing.
So I give in. I’ll just tell you a bit about me and why I’m writing in this blog.

I’m April, otherwise known as Purpleduck. I’m in my mid (ish) twenties and I live in Scotland with my husband, Mr. Purpleduck, whose rather groovy blog is linked in the sidebar. I’m a librarian with a particular interest in Children’s librarianship and I read a great deal, not surprisingly! I’m also a Quaker, which admission is usually met with a joke about oats, surprise that we’re not all dead, confusion about whether this means I belong to a cult, or mixing quakers up with the Amish, JWs, Plymouth Brethren, Mormons, or the Shakers.

So why a new blog of shininess? I’m not sure! It seemed like the right thing to do! I wanted somewhere to write my quakerly ramblings in a more public place than I had been, and this seemed a good place to do it! Whether it IS a good idea or not remains to be seen of course!

I am a birthright Friend, which while it means little enough these days has left me with a slightly different view than Friends who were convinced later on. Of course no two of us have the same views, beliefs or spirituality anyway, but I think I just like the idea of publishing my thoughts as I travel my own spiritual path. Recording one small voice of a particular aspect of British quakerism in the twenty first century.

It should be fun. You’re very welcome to join me.