Sucked in…
Photo courtesy of NSSL
I’ve never been accused of being a good writer. My grades in school were mediocre at best. So when my daughter offered to set up a blog so I could write about bees, I thought “this will be interesting.” She IS a writer. When she was young our family would play little word games. Her older brother and I would be haltingly coming up with words, but when it was her turn, she contributed loads of well placed words. She couldn’t have been over 8 years at that point. Where did she learn all that? Possibly from her Mom reading to both kids every night before bed. Obviously, she didn’t get it from me. My fallback line has always been, “I’m a printer, not a writer.”
Blogging has changed everything. While I still have trouble putting thoughts into words, taking a photo first makes it much easier to write, but it still takes time. Only after the dinner dishes are done, do I get to blog…although I have been known to cheat here and there during the day. When my wife goes to deliver some print jobs I know I’m good for awhile… “I just want to finish up this thought and then I’ll get back to work.” All of a sudden I hear the car returning…”Yikes, I just blew a whole hour! I better get busy before she comes in.”
She does all the cooking, mostly from scratch, cleans the house, works in the shop and even takes time to knit in the evenings. In the summer, add the gardening to the list. What do I do? I work the presses. Thankfully, she doesn’t know how to do that or I might be out of a job. I’m also SUPPOSED to be getting the expenses in order for taxes, but when I get on the computer, I’ve got to look at my stats and comments and…the hours just fly by…sucked into the vortex. While my wife is very understanding, the Internal Revenue Service is not, so it looks like it’ll be less blogging til I catch up.
Adventures in Natural Beekeeping 
“I’m a printer, not a writer.” great line 🙂
Totally hear where you’re coming from! Conveniently for me, the recession began about the same time I started keeping bees. In a strange twisted way, I want the recession to stick. If it wasn’t so slow at work, when would I ever get my blogging done?
I recognise this so well! Where does the time go? I spend 8 hours a day at work on the computer and I still come back for more, although being a night owl, I tend to get sucked in to the blogosphere way too late at night. I also like one entirely computer-free day a week, although that doesn’t stop access via my iPhone, which is great for managing stuff on the go, and saves me being chained to the desktop . Think I need a tablet 🙂
I considered getting an iPad. My wife has one but it’s so heavy, won’t fit in my shirt pocket like my iPod (which has now almost become a part of me.) I hate to admit it but I don’t know if I could go a whole day without it.
I I have the same problem, plus all the time I spend reading other people’s blogs!
“Think I need a tablet” Another great line! I started out with a Mac Classic.
It took ten minutes to get on “The Internet”. Stuart Brand’s The Well was my main hangout and a Paleontology conference with big shots in the field who did not suspect I was lurking. Funny thing is, things are still moving fast! “Uh-Oh! I gotta get the dishes done!”
Thank you for buzzing by my blog.
I took a college class a long long time ago called Insects and Man (Bugs and Boys). It was supposed to be an easy course. I needed a two hour filler. Afraid it was not that easy but I did squeak by. What I remember most is about the bees dancing and movements. Very interesting.
I don’t write either. But I find blogs that just talk plain talk are just as good. 🙂