Teri asked me last night if I was feeling okay.
"Yes, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
"Well I read your blog post today and you seem discouraged."
Oops. If that's the message you received yesterday, it wasn't the one I intended to convey. I meant to leave you with a message of hope and determination in the face of adversity.
If you were also concerned for my mental well being, don't be. I'm feeling great.
Thanks to both of you who recently added your names to the roll of the dishy by clicking the followers button. Hey David, I didn't know you were out there. It's great seeing you.
I'm seeing omens again. Whenever I have several sightings of unusual wildlife or natural phenomenon in a short period of time, some superstitious part of me considers that as a sign. The only problem is, I have no ability whatsoever to interpret the signs being left for me, so it's not a very good form of guidance.
Yesterday morning I saw a pair of bluebirds in our back yard. I can't think of anything more beautiful than a bluebird--especially one in flight. I haven't seen bluebirds in my yard in a long time, so it was a special moment. Teri was getting ready for work when they appeared, and I dragged her away from her blow dryer so she could see them too. As we watched them, a beautiful red-headed woodpecker landed on the lawn.
Also yesterday morning, I stepped outside and felt spring in the air for the first time this year. I'm sure of it--it was unmistakeably the coming spring. The Bayberry Woods are still lifeless and barren and another cold snap is on the way this weekend, so this long winter isn't ready to let go. But the season of new life and rebirth is upon us. I'm positive.
Last night I noticed a ring around the moon as I toted our garbage to the curb. Early this morning I saw a great heron as I drove past a farm pond.
This all must add up to something. Right?
For at least the next few weeks I'm going to be blogging less and will try to restrict my random ramblings to two or three per week instead of the four or five posts I usually do. It's not that I'm tired of you--far from it. I'm at a point where I need a little more time for both my "real" writing and my "real" life. Both aspects of my world have taken a turn for the busy lately. On top of that, I want to see if limiting my posts improves the overall quality of this blog. What are the odds of that?
Have a wonderful weekend, y'all.
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Blogging burnout? If so, I can relate. Don't get me wrong, I like blogging. But it's more diary-like and less newspaper-"columinish" than I expected. Sometimes I feel blogging is isolating me from the real world. My intent was the exact opposite. Of course, that could be my unemployment causing those feelings, too.
One other thing I have noticed about blogging... Reactions can be far more vicious and personal here than in print. I can handle an angry letter to the editor about something I wrote. But a few reactions I've gotten from a few posts have caused me to hit the delete button and have gotten me down about human beings in general. Even a couple of friends have taken shots (they don't know I know where the anonymous comments came from). Needless to say, they are no longer friends.
Not burned out, Mick. Just a little overwhelmed with life right now and also underwhelmed with the power of my own intellect to create something worth reading on a daily basis.
I'm surprised that I haven't had to hit the delete button on a comment yet after over a half year of doing this. It's hard to believe that not even one potty mouthed wacko has come along.
But, unlike you, I've never taken on the Jerry Lee Lewis cult in this forum and felt their wrath.
You write on controversial issues at times and you call 'em as you see 'em, so I'm not surprised you take occasional fire from readers. I wrap my subversive messages in posts about bunnies and bluebirds, so nobody seems to get too upset with me.
Yeah, Jerry Lee Lewis was a hot button. But I didn't delete any of those comments. I found them almost funny. But for whatever reason, some people have just been bothered by the tone of my overall blog, I think, and therefore take some pretty strong shots when I least expect it. It's jarring and pretty darn hateful stuff that I can delete from the blog, but not from my memory. Could be just one or two people, but it still takes the wind out of my sails, which I guess is their intent.
I fully admit to trying to stir things up at times, but never understand why people take things so personally and can't just have a civil debate about certain subjects.
Anyway, being controversial certainly hasn't increased my traffic, so I too have backed off from posting as frequently or as lengthy as I did in prior months.
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