From the vault

I probably should delete more emails than I do (currently I don't delete any), but I just love how gmail's like this rich correspondence capsule, so once in a while I archive stuff I'd prefer out of sight out of mind, but more often than not I just leave it all in my inbox.  And then once in a while, a search for something turns up a completely unrelated hidden gem.

Like this morning for instance, I was searching the terms bosslady and brooklyn trying to find an old resume of an aspiring actress/stylist my bosslady had wanted me to put in touch with my bff and his brother.

I didn't find that girl's contact info, but I did find this amazing snippet of an email from my grandma midge:

From: Grandma Midge
Date: Oct 2, 2007 7:19 PM
Subject: RE: Kitchen Date
To: Me

Hi Danielle...

I am glad that you had a great trip to NY.
 
Did I ever tell you that it was my deepest wish to become an actress? Jimmie Dean was my idol and when he died I was inconsolable.  I was going to go to NY after high school graduation and try to get into the Actor's Studio (Elia Kazan).  My mother and father were having a fit!   I was all set to try out for the part of St. Joan in Joan of Arc.  They were making a new film of it and touring the country for a new actress.  In the middle of it all I started dating Grandpa and when they came to Boston to do the auditions I was thinking of marriage instead and the rest is history - as they say.

Jean Seberg was picked for the part.  She was from the Midwest.  I always believed I would have been a much better Joan of Arc than she was??!!   She made a few more films that did not get much attention and then she went to France and did some films there.  She later commiitted suicide, which was so sad.  She was so young.  There you go – a piece of our history.

Love you,

Grandma


*********************I mean, does it get any better than that?

Okay serious question

Who should I write for here?

Obviously, I've mostly been writing for myself to date, and maybe a handful of friends, and 20 acquaintances or admirers or anomalies who happen upon a particular post.

But should I try to gain traction?  Pick up the pace?  Extend my reach? 

We have a social media marketing guru at the Agency and she's been making serious moves on our behalf.  Should I make similar moves on my own?  Do people read / follow blogs fo' real?

Can I find a way to merge with the positive online community for women that is Hello Giggles?

I think this is me putting it out in the universe, that it's time to start talking to more listeners.  I want an audience like these guys had.