Feeling a Bit Guilty
… at not blogging as regularly as I should. It’s a lot more fun than exercise or cleaning house, but just as easy to be distracted from, and lately (for no real reason I can identify) it’s been happening more than I like.
I suppose distractions would be less so if this had an overriding subject, but I can’t keep up with the religious and political blogs and forums I like as it is, so the Beer Garden is (as its name suggests) my on-line spot to goof off and occasionally, when the mood strikes, rant a bit.
The fact that I’m back to language study doesn’t help things a bit, since I start wondering about how I’d express the same thing in Esperanto, get the dictionary out, along with Being Colloquial in Esperanto, and playing with how I said things in English, trying to translate and keep the same flavor. So far I haven’t had much luck — I’ve been away from it too long, and lost too much of the feel. I should be able to do it again in the not-too-distant future, but right now, I’m feeling irritated and frustrated at myself that I let it slip.
LATER: Okay, just got in from cleaning up the dog droppings — turned out it was my week (something I can never remember because I always clean before he mows), and whoof! The wind is so fierce it was making a mess of my hair, short as that is, and unless I was careful, actually blew the messes out of the scoop!
It’s still bright and sunny, but with that wind, I’m beginning to believe the overnight forecast of severe thunderstorms. As long as the rain isn’t too intense, I’m in favor of it, if only to dampen and start soaking in the iron sulfate I put around my blueberries.
On that subject, I’m hoping the farmer doesn’t lime before he plants the winter barley where the corn used to be. For most of the garden, I don’t care if some misses the field and comes 5-6′ over into my garden, but it’ll make keeping the soil acidy enough for blueberries somewhat more difficult.
