It’s been nearly three weeks since my last blog post. I would like to blog about my reasons for not blogging for so long. I’ve fallen in love with Max, Huck, Toby – and a few other furry and feathered friends.
My intention with this trip from the start was to find peace-of-mind, live in nature, and write. When I began blogging, I realized I needed to post photos and video (and learn how) and weeks into it, I noticed that most people were not reading the text in my blogs. They would glance at a photo and a video. I really wanted them to read because I am a writer – not really a videographer, a blogger, or a social media natural.
Being off-grid added fuel to the fire of frustration. My intention to achieve peace-of-mind and live in nature was contrasted with this need to find phone and internet service so that I could post my blogs!
All I wanted to do is write.
The blogger’s need for internet and cell phone connection was really impacting my experience in nature. I really had to think about the reasons I am making this effort to live in nature, off-grid, for an extended period of time. I haven’t stopped writing, but I’ve reverted to using an actual pen and journal!! It feels good. I vowed to not make this blog another job. I want to use this as an expression of creativity, if at all possible – when it feels good and natural.
Who would have thought that a dispersed site in a remote coastal area would offer me the best phone and internet connection I’ve ever had—even in the city? My client has another project for me, and I’ll stay put here until it’s completed to make sure I don’t add that stress of frantic searching for internet back into the mix. My new charmed life just doesn’t have room for knowingly putting myself into stressful situations! I have no agenda to be anywhere but where I am anyway. And I’m in the forest only five miles from the beach. No kidding.
Now for a shout out to my new loves: Max, Huck, Toby, and the Biddies. I am extremely fortunate to have special friends scattered around the globe who have open door policies, and I’ve stopped in on some of them for a few days and been lavished with love, healing, incredible food, cuddles, and a peck or two. I’m recharged, and ready for a full experience of freedom….
My new loves:
Sunny’s biddies gave me fresh eggs every morning! That’s Max with his fishin’ jacket on, Toby on my lap, and Huck in the brown chair…California dreamin’.