Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Even Vegetables are Growing All the Time

Spring is very frustrating to me - perfect weather for so many things, but not for my head. I'm all right if I have a project lined up to work on, as I can write sitting down; but starting a project is right out.

I can, however, open up the hatches and let in anything and everything that happens by to add to the compost bin of my mind and rot down into something that feeds a story later. I can't grow my own peas, but I can shell farmer's market peas on the back steps and watch the birds and cats. I can't go birdwatching, but I can turn on a blue heron cam. I can't learn new things very well (fly front zippers are hard enough when I can tell up from down), but I can pace myself through established things and make tank tops and even conduct small cooking experiments. And I can't solve major mysteries, but I can work out how many queries were sent in the crack between the last back-up and the computer crash. (One. And I even know who it was to!)

Next spring, however, I need to have a project lined up. It's never too early to plan these things.

2 comments:

  1. I'm just happy to get out of bed in the morning. The rest is just gravy.

    Alberto Ramirez Jr.

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  2. I'm afraid I'm the sort of person who doesn't feel she has the right to breathe unless she's accomplished something that day.

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