I don’t know if it’s this sudden shift toward Spring-like weather, or the fact that I just bought the house I’ve been renting since my divorce in ’09… and the fact that my fiance is about to shed his money-sucking house that screamed all that was instead of all that we were trying to become… but suddenly, I feel like blogging again!
I was pretty burnt-out on garden blogging and felt like I’d never go back to it because there are simply too many blogs out there on gardening, yoga, cats, cooking, politics, etc., and really, who cares, and what the hell do I have to say about anything anyway, in my now-tiny yard and rental house? When I had a kick ass garden and a lot more free time, blogging was an easy outlet for me. Around the time I fled the big house and garden, Facebook came along replaced the enjoyably distant connectedness that my blog had provided me.
Facebook is still fun, but I can’t seem to quiet that nagging voice in the back of my head saying, “Hey, why are you making Mr. “I’m CEO, Bitch!” Zuckerberg even richer by giving him your words, your friends and family, and your photos?” After happening upon a superb food blog, Pinch of Yum, it got me thinking about going back to blogging. I’m a decent writer, a decent photographer with Photoshop skills, and I am passionate not just about gardening, but food and homemaking and entertaining and humor and integrity and love and run-on sentences, and, yes, goofy animals and… about every four years… I throw in a liberally biased post or two because I’m preoccupied with the election (Yay, Obama!). :-))
But I need to focus. I struggle with being a smidge ADD/OCD/LAZY and go through extended periods where I am obsessed with gardening, exercising, or finding the perfect refrigerator, or work, or kid drama (x3), or ex drama (x2), or granite countertops, or finding the perfect enchilada casserole recipe that is easy, tasty, and doesn’t contain ingredients that Kim, my fiance, hates. The list of foods Kim hates begins with cream cheese, sour cream, onions, and goes on and on. But, I digress. Back to my mind, and blogging.
My mind is like a deluxe hamster cage complete with wheel, travel tubes and bars, which my mind rattles in an attempt to escape at night while struggling to fall asleep. It was the enchilada casserole recipe that brought my thoughts back to blogging, which brought me back here. Do you see the vicious cycle that is my thought process? The enchilada casserole was delicious, which I feel adds substance to everything I’m saying here.
So now I need to figure out how I can blog about all the things I love in a cohesive manner. There’s got to be a way to tie it all together in a clever package. If something comes to me, I may explore how to create such a blog, and how to migrate my old posts, and my life, into something that makes sense. Onward!
wow! so you bought your little rental house?
I’ve found having a blog with a main topic is too constrictive, so I talk about whatever I want and I prefer it that way. I saw you pop up in my Google Reader today and let out a little yelp of happiness! Even if just momentary, glad to see you back. Congrats on the house, the fiance, and this post!
Thanks, Katie. Your blog is one of the few I still read with regularity. One of the reasons I think I need to get back to blogging is that my Facebook posts are getting a little wordy (and truncated) lately. A blog feels like a more appropriate place for me to spill my thoughts and images.
Glad to see you are feeling positive about having to make money again. Still kinda sucks, but it does pay the bills and supports our passions should we fail to “monetize” our passions. 😉
Probably a good idea, since I stole your blog name. Not intentionally, of course, but it was Fred Hoffman who gave me a friendly little reminder kick in the pants that SACRAMENTO GARDENING actually existed, and I should have chosen another title…
Hey, if I wanted your Blogger blog name, I would have snagged it way before you did! ;-))
It’s all good. I believe we are much smarter and more interesting when we share ideas and information. Springboard, if you will. Pinch of Yum is a perfect example. What a great blog! Subject matter aside, it’s just really inspiring, purely from a blogging perspective. I don’t want to copy her blog, but I do want to learn from it.
Though the title of my blog might be Sacramento Vegetable Gardening, I don’t let it constrict me from writing about other topics from cats to gall bladders. The blog is for me, not for other people. It’s great that others read it, but the moment I start writing for an audience instead of writing as my outlet, the fun stops. Ideas begin to elude me.
Thanks for the reminder, Bill. I do want to find a way to broaden my scope and feel a name change might be in order. I will play around with ideas in my head for awhile before I decide.
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Seems we have a little bit in common…I too, am divorced and living now with my boyfriend of 5+ years we bought a house in Shingletown, near Redding, we have 4 acres and have once again found our love for gardening blooming. I work at a nursery in Redding and he tends our little heirloom orchard hoping to grow enough fruit to sell at farmers markets. We mostly have heirloom variety apples, but include everything from cherries to jujubees and mulberries, etc. Life is good again! Please write about it when you have a chance, I for one would love to read it!
Holy smokes! You are all over the place. Whew. I landed here via Bill Bird. I’m staying tuned because I’m curious to follow how everything turns out plus I’m completely opposite to your political leanings. Fun stuff.