I've been rather quiet and away from the computer the last couple of weeks, just enjoying the lovely summer weather, the pool, time with my sweetie, and doing odd things about the house. I've even been letting the emails pile up in my inbox, so if I haven't gotten back to you in response to your comments, know that I will, in time.
There is so much to do in our chaotic lives, and of course, I tend to add things to that already demanding list, always wanting to do more, more, more. But in the end, I increasingly think that the constant push toward more ends up making our lives less. I think this is why I am so attracted to clean modern lines which offer a peaceful oasis from the craziness of life, even as I appreciate the tension between my striving for simplicity and quiet with my often overriding urge to DO.
It is not that there is nothing to write about, nothing to share, but at the moment I am more content to just savor the days. I don't want to take the time to step outside the moment and record it. I think that is the same reason that, for many years, I did not take picture on our travels, because I found that if I was playing photographer, I was focused on stepping outside the experience and recording it, and obsessed about how best to record it. Without a camera I could just absorb and enjoy, and oddly, those vacations which are least photographed are the ones most permanently etched in my memory.
Today I am just enjoying the day. I am sure I will eventually reach some happy medium where there is some balance between absorbing the moment and commenting. That could just be because I keep adding new variables into the routine and I need time to let everything settle into its given track.
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5 responses to “Lazy Days”
I am so on this “live in the moment” wavelength. We’ll be stuck inside at length soon enough!
While I’ve been posting quite a bit lately, I get exactly what you mean and although your posts are missed, I applaud your choice. My struggle has been between the academic work I feel I should be doing and the call of the hammock and the garden and the kayak and the ocean and the G&T’s with girlfriends. Summer is such a wonderful season for savouring life in its simplest pleasures, and what we savour and store up now will sustain us through the rest of the year. Back to your deck chair by the pool now, and we’ll see you when we see you.
There’s an award for you over at my place — it comes with an assignment (a meme, of course!). Don’t feel obliged, but I’d love to see what you do with it if you choose. Don’t leave the pool for it though 😉
I find I have always written all my experiences down as they happen. To whom I was telling these stories I never knew. It’s as though I told them to myself, maybe, as though the words could make things understandable. Now I find I have to restrain myself from blogging too much. But I’m new to this. Perhaps it will fade.
Savoring is such a summery word. I suppose it can be used during other seasons. One can savor spring flowers or a first snow,yet it seems a word best saved for time by the pool, watermelon salads and the long daylight that only summer has. Savor, enjoy and know that whenever you feel like posting I will be here to savor it.
xoxo