Why Do I Write This Blog???
The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.
Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."
Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."
In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me
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Do you think that next year I'll remember this and stay patient when it seems like my tomato-plant-tending is for naught???
Do you think that next year I'll remember this and stay patient when it seems like my tomato-plant-tending is for naught???
13 Comments:
Hmmmmmmmmm… Uh, Carol, is that a trick question? Do you think that next year you will remember where you put your car keys, address book, etc?
Enjoy the tomatoes when they become enjoyable! OK?
Nick,
Are you saying that I am doomed to an endless cycle of doubting the ripening ability of my plants, realizing that all comes in due time, then forgetting that and doubting once again? Is this Groundhog Day? ;-)
Of course not, Carol. What I am saying is that you are doomed to forgetting next year what happened this year—unless, of course, you write yourself a note about this year and are able to find it next year.
BTW, I have misplaced my wallet (again). I know I had it last night when I used the VISA card to make a donation to the Obama campaign, so it should be on my desk but the only things I see on my desk are the computer, Alex, and a stack of papers and books 8 inches high.
Maybe you should check Alex's litter box! ;-)
A note in my calendar! Brilliant idea, Nick! I'm going to do that now before I forget! Thanks!
P.S. I hope that you DO find your wallet okay and that it's not in Alex's litter box!
Thanks, Carol. I just found my wallet: it was on the floor, under my desk, possibly pushed off the desk by one or more of four paws.
A calendar note about tomato patience sounds like an excellent idea.
Have you tasted a tomato yet or are they still not ripe enough?
Silly Alex. He was probably playing with you!
No tomato tasting yet! Today was the first day that I could notice that they are trying to ripen. Hopefully soon...! I bet they'll be worth the wait!
Time to join in on some adventures with Barbara Kingsolver before I go to sleep.
Sleep well, Nick!
My little tomatoes are are the same stage as yours and I wonder if they will ripen at all. I've picked a few. I would have thought that, in Colorado, with all that sunshine (something we have seen so little of over here this summer) you would have lots of red tomatoes.
I don't feel so bad about mine now.
(Do people really eat Fried Green Tomatoes?)
Best wishes ...
Indigo Incarnates
I'm glad your tomatoes are growing :)
I love tomaoes but I especially love yellow homegrowm ones!
dancing,
We have the sun, but we don't have the heat. And it cools down so comfortably at night, the tomatoes forget to keep working.
RE: Do people really eat fried green tomatoes? I don't know about others, but I DON'T! ;-)
Thanks Indigo!
daffy,
I never grow yellow tomatoes. This one is going to grow up to be a red one someday! :-)
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