I do love a good January. There is nothing like the start of the year to remind you of the cyclical nature of our existence and that we always, fortunately, get the treat of starting again. 

I must say that I can't quite ever remember the world as a whole receiving a new year with as much fanfare as this here, brand, spanking new 2-0-1-2. One friend summed up the reason behind it well: ' 2011 was quite possibly one of the most awful years everyone has experienced to date'. Saying good riddance to those frightful memories, hurt feelings and worry was quite possibly the catharsis that many felt they needed. I am a self confessed perennial optimist and as such am refusing to write a blog post that looks back at all the things that resulted in sleeplessness, heartburn, weeping or wonder. Rather I am choosing to simply start again from the beginning.

There have already been and will continue to be some changes on cravenmaven.com in 2012. As you may have noticed in recent weeks - a lot less posting has been going on. This has been due to many reasons, amongst which include projects with <a href=" http://www.kinfolkmag.com/">Kinfolk magazine</a> { do you have volume II yet?? }, taking things slow in all aspects of my life and also in an effort to produce higher quality content.

My love affair with food and words really came into it's own in 2011 { thank you all those who believe in me and love my words }, so I am going to endeavour to write in the way I <em>feel</em> as that is the most honest thing to do. It may mean less posts but I hope you will enjoy it nonetheless. Never fear though! I will still post the fun, silly things that I come across. 

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.remain-silent.com/cm/kewlstuff/iggrab.jpg" alt="instagram images" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">a sampling of the goodness i've recently posted on instagram</span></p>

Also, if you just need more and more of me and have an IPhone, I HIGHLY recomend you follow me on <a href="http://instagr.am/">Instagram</a>. I am a somewhat prolific IG'er and post many pictures of what I am cooking or eating among other things. 

I have some really exciting and challenging food related goals for 2012 that I cannot wait to get started on. So keep your eyes keen - it's going to be a good!