So I was reading some on-line links to blogs about genealogy this morning and realized that although I started a blog of my own a couple of years ago, I have been remiss in the actual blogging.
I have become blog deficient in these days of too much information and not enough time. However, I also realize that this may be one of the few ways I have of leaving any kind of trail for my descendents, who ever they may be.
I updated my interests on my Linkedin site and last night checked my twitter and tweeted. My facebook pages get some daily activity of some sort. With the decrease in actual letter writing of the paper and pen variety; where will they find out who we were, what we found interesting and what we want them to know for posterity?
Ok, so I am going to make a supreme effort to do a little blog, dance a little dance and get down tonight on the facebook pages besides my regular profile page. That old 70's song about "get down tonight" where did it come from? Hmmm, can't remember, but the tune is rattling around in my brain.
Let's see, recently I took a class on how to start a community garden and during the class I had several "ah ha" moments when I started listing the various gardening experiences I have had over the years. I have helped start several gardens in hospital and treatment settings, have encouraged friends, lovers, neighbors and mere acquaintances to get their garden on. Today, I have about 15 little red clay pots in front of my door with a variety of culinary herbs for cooking with. They're about a year old and actually doing pretty well when I remember to water them!
I think the whole idea of community gardening appeals because so many of my new friends and acquaintances here in this senior apt complex really want to garden and we have very little space and most of it doesn't get enough sunshine. Many of these folks are somewhat disabled, so leaning down or crawling around in the dirt might be challenging. I think we could do some table top gardening with some help from younger, more able bodied volunteers. My creative idea juices really got going on Saturday during the class and I sat down to a hamburger and kept on writing my ideas to empty my brain of all those pesty ideas.
One of the people at the class actually took my email and sent me an email yesterday about a more local garden being planned in El Cajon area, just a couple of miles away. That would work for me, since I have a car, but most of my compadres here at the complex don't drive and many are using wheel chairs, walkers or are very limited in their mobility.
I will get to the next two classes and learn some more about the details of making a garden in the community, but meanwhile, I need to spread the word here there and everywhere, that I'm looking for a plot of land that will be accessible as well as available to people of limited means.
Ok, Now I'm going to go check out my other possible places to post.
See you later.
Monday, October 17, 2011
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