I have been gone so long I don’t know where to begin.
They say a journey starts with the first step… so I imagine that getting back into communicating with all of my fellow bloggers and readers must begin with the first word/post:
the word?
random
From the Oxford dictionary:
If you live in the USA, well, you may well understand depression. Mine has brought me to a standstill. I went to see a very “deer” friend in April, more on that later, and that began my journey out of *stasis. When I returned I had surgery on my right hand. It didn’t quite go as planned and that too has slowed me down. Slowly, slowly I have been trying to get back to my old self. My friend helped, but I have been fighting fear and depression. This past month I rediscovered my joy and motivation… my momentum is sparked by music!
Today’s spark is: Joe Bonamassa: An Acoustic Evening at The Vienna Opera
In his early teens this man played on stage with BB King! Want to know more about the artist? Click HERE
BE ADVISED: ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE BASHING, OF EITHER PERSUASION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED THE LIGHT OF DAY HERE. lET’S KEEP IT FRIENDLY, PLEASE.
❤
*(noun. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces. inaction, inactiveness, inactivity. the state of being inactive.)
Life on the Farmlet 
welcome back! So – how is the hand now? Sorry to hear about the depression – I hope the skies are clearing!
Hello, Celi! The hand is very stiff, middle finger is the worst, makes it hard to grip, write, or type! I have been doing a lot of catch up in my veg garden, and I haven’t decided if that is helping or hindering my healing. Nevertheless, it cheers my soul to look out my big bedroom windows in the morning and be able to see my progress! Small winter garden is already in and growing. ❤
I have always thought these small gardens we grow are so much more efficient. Stay in touch! We missed you!
Good to hear from you again Lynda. Sorry to hear you’ve not been yourself but hoping you have better days ahead.
I finally let my garden boxes die out because none of the plants were growing. The summer heat did them in. I’ll start all over again next spring. Hopefully with a better knowledge to prevent stunted growth.
Thank you Anita! I did have a few things planted out in the back and up close to the house. I was able to successfully raise some butternut squash on the far side, and some lovely tomatoes up the front of the bean hoops. The weather was atrocious! I was about evenly too dry or too hot for the tomatoes. We were able to collect quite a few, but the weren’t pretty. Catfaced, bug bit, and at each turn from too dry to too wet… they split from sudden water gain. No matter. I fed the most damaged, but not rotten, to the chickens and ducks. They loved them! So I got something good from the garden. 🙂
You’re faring better than I am getting back to blogging. I decided to keep the blog but I’m still holding a grudge about YouTube canceling my channel. If nature is too much for today’s tender ears and eyes, I’m not sure what I can write about. Alas, I am not sure where to start either, but one thing is certain, I won’t be posting videos of the deer or chickens and oddities. I may just have to keep it to discussions about weather. 😂
I keep praying your hand/fingers improve. Forrest still struggles with his too but he keeps on trying. I figure as long as we keep moving, we’re doing well!
I wrote a comment earlier but it didn’t post… maybe I have been gone too long (like you) and they’ve banished me. 😂 It’s good to see you here again. I need to get back to writing as well, minus videos and photographs thanks to YouTube canceling my channel. Apparently, nature photos and video are too upsetting to today’s people.
It sounds like gardens were not productive for most anyone this year. The drought has been far reaching. I look forward to hearing about the deer friend you went to see. ❤
I remember you mentioning getting cancelled on Youtube. RIDICULOUS behaviour for their part. Are you meaning to blog again? I hope…
It is hard to cope with a hand not working properly. I hope that it improves very quickly.
Thank you Tom!
Thank you, Tom!
How nice to see you — and how unutterably cool that you mentioned one of my favorite musicians. If you need just a little more spark, how about this footage of Joe Bonamassa rocking the house at age 13?
Here’s one of my favorites. There’s nothing like the blues to drive away the blues! What a performer.
Hi Lynda,
I did the rare visit to my own blog and was reading one of your comments there. Thank you for having been interested in my little space on the blogaverse.
Same ole here (relative to blogging – don’t want to give up my dot com but don’t use it – rolling eyes at myself). Actually I was following a link from WP about the increase in domain pricing (ughh). I’ll probably pay it as long as I have my lil part-time job.
I became an old lady, Lyn. Perhaps that would be something to blog about, LOL. After all, it snuck up on me though I saw it coming for what. . . 64 years!
I went to a barber recently cut my mid-back length hair off. Then the other day I took it down to pert near scalp. Uwww, could blog about that; naaaah. Oh, and it is umm, how do they say, “platinum”, “blonde”; I dunno. I can’t stand black folk like me with hair color callling it blonde. For real, for real all I was trying to do was make my ole lady salt and pepper hair all salt (duh, on me). One thing’s for sure, it’ll grow back, and sooner rather than later, it’s just hair.
Was good to read you are bouncing back. Life’s so short, we gotta enjoy it best that we can. Good food, good family, and a blog to write out frustrations should do it. [fist bump].
Have a real good rest of your day. Me, since I’m on this roll (new part-time job, fresh hair cut) I’m going to get a set of acrylic nails from a nail tech I saw on my spiritual sister whose were gooorgeous.
Chow, Bella,
‘Minah ‘Minah
Good Grief! I didn’t find this till just now. I’m glad you are experimenting with your hair style. Me? My hair is falling out! It is baby fine, white, and you can see through it all the way to my ears on the side and my scalp on top!!!
I currently most resemble this dog —> https://www.thesprucepets.com/hairless-dog-breeds-4801015 (OH DEAR, when you get to the page scroll down to the “Chinese Crested”)
If I cut it, I’m afraid I will look like this —> https://www.thesprucepets.com/hairless-dog-breeds-4801015 (Same page, but now you are looking for the “Xoloitzcuintli” LOL!)
BTW, I’m just shy of 72… So, let’s keep plugging away at our writing and at our age, well random is better than nothing, and we just might have something to say. RIGHT? Or at the very least, we’ll keep that gray matter stirred up. 😉
OH! And Happy New Year!
Sorry you’ve been feeling out of sorts both physically and emotionally. May the year that begins only a month and a day from now ring in a new and happier era for you.
A few years ago I heard a 20-something use the word “random” in a way I didn’t understand. She must have been conveying the informal meaning you listed: ‘odd, unusual, or unexpected.’ One website extends that to ‘unique, surprising, shocking, out of the ordinary, or unexpected.’
You said: “May the year that begins only a month and a day from now ring in a new and happier era for you.”
I say: Yes please! Though I did sleep well on the night of 11/5. Things are happening very fast these past weeks… so not entirely at ease. I had a friend once tell me that if I didn’t have something to worry about I would probably make it up. She may have been right. 🙄
How are you doing old friend! Happy New Year!
Celi!
I’m doing pretty well, mostly well, about 89% I’d say. 🤔
Thanks for asking and Happy New Year to you as well!
How about you? 🌞
Doing ok! Decamping to Australia for a few years to help out my daughter. Still back and forth to the farm but mostly Aussie. It is a big one!
Well, that was a lot, and yet, not enough. AND, as I haven’t been on the computer much at all… I haven’t been reading anyone’s blogging. So, if I go and catch up on yours, will I find the answers to all my questions?! 😸
Maybe! But you can always email me! No problem!