To be honest, I can't remember the last time I went five days without posting.
In fact, I'm not sure I ever have, both here and on Hive's predecessor.
Pink strawberry blossom
Aside from a general feeling of lacking inspiration, we have finally had some dry weather, which means that "gardening season" has started, in earnest.
As for that lack of inspiration, the general "background energy" of malaise in the greater world has felt strangely draining, and at the end of working myself tired outside, I just haven't been "in the mood" for creative writing.
That "mood" was actually what caused me to eventually turn my back on a fairly decent gig as a technical writer in the IT industry, back in the late 1990's.
I just found myself unable to "stomach" having to write stuff when I really didn't feel like it. It's also why I never followed the advice of those who felt I should become a journalist... aside from not having an aggressive temperament, I kinda suck at things when I don't feel inspired to do them.
Wild sweet pea
That all probably sounds like I'm an entitled "Precious Princess" and so be it. There's a part of me that's inherently lazy, and it really manifests when I am faced with something I don't feel inclined to do.
Lately writing — which is normally one of my all-time favorite pastimes — has felt like being a turtle trying to swim through honey.
Gardening felt feels good. Perhaps what I like so much about it is the fact that it is an utterly "analog" activity. There's nothing technological about getting my hands in the dirt, pulling weeds and trimming hedges.
The only "drawback" about it is that it is not income producing.
On some level, it annoys me that we live in this day and age of alleged "prosperity" and yet most of us have to watch every single thing we do, and focus out attention and energies just on those things that generate income.
I suppose gardening passes muster to some extent because a significant part of what we are doing is growing our own food... which is a good thing, considering the current and rising cost of living.
But there's an intangible value there, as well... in the sense that when I'm out digging on the dirt, I tend to be able to forget about the eternal datastream that flows across pretty much all our screens, these days.
And that's definitely a good thing!
Wild beach rose
For me, the main thing that makes the entire societal machinery is that it seems to "run" on people's FOMO, which keeps everyone plugged into the toxic soup and in doing so, keeps everyone "trapped" in some way.
I'd much rather just dig in the dirt.
Alas... there are electric bills and phone bills to pay, as well as a truck repair bill. So it never really ends. But at least — for a few moments — we can all garden and get back to having our hands in the dirt!
Thanks for reading, and have a great remainder of the week!
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