Gardening leave
Sadly, my engagement as a contributor to Cult of Mac has come to an end, so I have been enjoying not having to scrape the Mac web for news and ideas. Instead, I have been allowing myself time:
Time to dig over the garden.
Time to daydream.
Time to read books.
Time to write a book.
Time, after the digging and daydreaming is done, to cook. Proper food. With which to feed my lovely family.
It's very refreshing.
I have spent two days digging our side garden, with nothing but the birdsong, the rain, and brief periods of sunshine for company. I have not missed the internet, Twitter, Farcebook, blogs or email in the slightest. In fact, it's been a pleasure to be able to ignore them.
Instead, I have been able to focus my thoughts on practical problems. If I want to widen that path, it means I have to moved that vegetable bed. Which means I have to move that compost bin. Which means I have to empty it out and move it somewhere else. Which means I have to prepare a spot to move it to. Cascading conundrums, considered chronologically.
The best bit is: the work in the garden isn't anywhere near to being finished. There's loads more digging to do yet. I've always described myself as a "reluctant gardener", but I'm rather looking forward to it all. I have a goal, you see. And the time to attain it.
Related issue: I ache all over.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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