It's good to have hobbies, and be passionate about them, as I am with mine also. Being passionate in all things makes all things that little bit better, even when they're maybe not, as the things reach in a little more deeply and mean more.
You seem like someone who wants to engage with others and are genuine about it and that's a very good thing around here. I'll look out for your comments and posts and hopefully my non-scrappy posts continue to work for you. I can be...well, I can be a nutbag; life's too short not to be so. :)
RE: Banishing the barrenness