A Brief Introduction

If you've followed a link here from the blog I shared with Rebecca, "What We Wish We Could Say Out Loud" thank you! I will try to be more active on this blog than I was on the last one!

The first thing most people want to know about me is where my name came from! The easy answer is it's a family name. The longer answer is an interesting story. In the Bible, one will find the names of Jedidiah, a masculine name that means Beloved of God (this was the name of king Solomon), and Jedidah, the feminine version of the same name (this was the name of the mother of king Josiah, one of the few good kings Israel had after the division of the kingdom). How did this come to be Jeddie? Five Jeddies ago (yes, I am the fifth in my family), there was a woman named Jedidah who hated her name. So she shortened it to Jeddie. Her niece was named the same, and her niece, and so on until it came to me. And my little sister has already vowed that her first daughter will be named Jeddie. So, even though the name comes from Jedidah, Jeddie is what is on my birth certificate and so technically my name is not short for anything.

The title of this blog came from lots of brainstorming with Rebecca after we decided to set up our own blogs. I liked the "Imagining" because it covers a whole host of creative activities, and I in no way limit myself! In the very same week, someone could find me singing in a band, revising a novel for publication, rehearsing a monologue, and running around dressed in period costume! "Ink" is something I love a lot - given the choice of writing utensils, I will choose a pen (preferably one of those gel-ink ones that can get super messy if you aren't careful). I have ink in my skin in the form of a tattoo, and will probably have at least one more. Ink makes up the pictures I put in my scrapbook, and the printed pages I read.

As for the rest, I'm a writer, reader, theatre person, musician, artist, and historian, all in one! This blog will probably involve something from all six. I won't tell you what to expect, because I will probably deviate from it.

Oh yeah, and I also have a horse.