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TAPS
I've never considered that any Blogger could like a particular post, Taps, and it surprises me. Thank you for your comments.
I was so puzzled at your liking this post that I read it myself. You know what; it's almost profound, and I liked it myself. Well what do you know?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 29, 2009 at 5:08 AM
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I always liked this post, so I decided to read it again.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 27, 2009 at 1:32 AM
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elinjo
The garden is, so Ell says, in its 'natural' state. She also maintains that we have hardly needed to do anything to it all this year. I must live in a different world, because to me it needs constant attention.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 13, 2009 at 4:08 AM
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Your garden is probably flourishing now, isn't it? Gardening and writing involve hard, hard work!
posted by
elinjo
on August 11, 2009 at 10:39 PM
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Pat
You are my first quote of call, Pat. My apologies for not knowing about your comment until now.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM
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My sympathy, old friend.
That you've resorted to quoting me. Yikes.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 6, 2009 at 5:38 AM
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Re: vogue
It was my pleasure, vogue. Now and then I have to do some seeding as well as weeding.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 13, 2008 at 5:23 AM
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Absolutely true. Sometimes, when I have an idea, I procrastinate, but then I give myself a kick in the pen (i.e. computer) and all of a sudden, time has flown by and a story has blossomed which then, indeed, needs weeding, i.e. editing. Thanks so much for your comment.
posted by
vogue
on July 6, 2008 at 11:57 PM
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Sira890
I love your final sentence, sira - very thought provoking. When you consider the difference between weeds and flowers; weeds are simply flowers that we don't like.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM
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I gave up on gardening years ago
mainly because our climate is similar to yours. I'd spend most of the summer up to my elbows in dirt, and had very little to show for it. *sigh* Finally, I let the weeds take hold, and learned to appreciate them, instead of flowers. At least they don't attract as many bees!
I love the gardening/writing comparison. I spend more time "weeding" my novels than I ever did in the garden, and I find it's much more productive! Words, like flowers, can bloom into the most beautiful things.
posted by
Sira890
on February 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM
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Katherine_Ann
Thank you very much, Katherine - and a Merry Christmas to you and your family.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 23, 2007 at 3:45 PM
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I love that!
Merry Christmas! 
posted by
Katherine_Ann
on December 22, 2007 at 9:28 PM
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Soul_Builder101
LOL, SB - Recent posts are few and far between.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 28, 2007 at 5:41 AM
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jacenta
Go to it young lass. More power to your keyboard.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 28, 2007 at 5:39 AM
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JohnMacnab
Can't seem to get a recent post of yours. No probs. This is just as invigorating as any. Yeah! Everytime I edit, I feel myself using that ol' 'hoe' to make it readable!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on September 27, 2007 at 11:01 PM
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johnmacnab
Hi, John.
Great post. Makes me want to write something right now!
Give a "hello," to Ell for me.
posted by
jacentaOld
on September 27, 2007 at 10:07 PM
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majroj
That explains it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 22, 2007 at 11:35 AM
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I'm channeling a sixth grade science student
posted by
majroj
on September 22, 2007 at 10:01 AM
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majroj
Perhaps your subconscious genius wrote it?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 21, 2007 at 6:42 PM
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Did I wite that? Holy excremento!
posted by
majroj
on September 20, 2007 at 1:26 PM
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majroj
Not only my hero, but a genius as well. Speed elates as well.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 19, 2007 at 7:24 PM
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In California we were taught "E=MC squared" meant
"Energy equals matter times acceleration squared" verbatim.
Actually, it probably isn't acceleration but speed, or "c" ("celerity"). Acceleration is a ratio of time versus linear measurement time "duration" (as in 32 feet per second/per second is the acclerative force of earth gravity at sea level) whereas the terminal velocity, or speed, of a human body in optimal position in average atmosphere is "120 miles per hour".
Speed kills, acceleration elates. Or terrorizes!
posted by
majroj
on September 19, 2007 at 1:26 PM
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majroj
Why on earth would it be 'a' squared? Has it got some esoteric meaning?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 18, 2007 at 5:34 AM
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Always wondered why it was "c" and not "a" squared.
posted by
majroj
on September 17, 2007 at 10:33 PM
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majroj
Ooops! I forgot the
Energy, part.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 17, 2007 at 6:46 PM
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majroj
But then it is also frustrating that we have the same minds as Einstein (approximately, OK?) but I haven't a clue what mass times celerity squared means.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 17, 2007 at 6:44 PM
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Hahaha! Good!
It is sobering and frustrating that most of us have the equivalent hardware to Stephen King and somehow we just don't ,ake the same as he does!
posted by
majroj
on September 15, 2007 at 9:00 PM
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majroj
20 minute gardening? Sounds like the perfect book, majroj - now if I could only manage to concentrate for 20 minutes at a time on writing, I might make shake some money out of the keyboard.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 15, 2007 at 7:16 PM
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Surprising what falls out if you upend keyboard and SHAKE!!
http://www.amazon.com/20-Minute-Gardener-Garden-Dreams-Without/dp/0375752668
posted by
majroj
on September 14, 2007 at 4:20 PM
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majroj
Sounds good to me majroj, but do remember to scrub the dirt out from under your fingernails before you touch the keyboard. You don't want an indoor garden between the keys - do you?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 14, 2007 at 11:21 AM
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"Twenty mi ute gardening", twenty minute writing?
posted by
majroj
on September 13, 2007 at 9:03 PM
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TAPS
I just wish I would follow my own advice, TAPS. The garden is a riot of colours, and drivers slow down to look at the front garden. The back? It is also a riot of weeds, flowers, swimming pool, and dug up sods. Soon, it will have a trench dug right thru it from back to front to let the flood waters bypass - that is if I don't think about the task but just do it..
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 6, 2007 at 4:39 AM
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What good advice, Johnmacnab!
I'd love to see your garden too.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 5, 2007 at 3:56 PM
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Pat_B
You said that, Pat. And to quote you again, 'Nature tends to establish some of them for you.'
Nature is exhausting - for me, anyway. It seems to be a never ending 'quick before the growing season is over,' life this month and last. I'd like to know when the time comes to sit down and enjoy nature instead of dancing to her tune. It is over ten days since I wrote anything at all. This lethargy has something to do with the way my head starts nodding off as soon as Ell stops giving me gardening instructions.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 14, 2007 at 1:16 PM
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I said that? I know I think it when I'm telling myself to get busy...
You're absolutely right about the link between gardening and writing -- and for that matter other arts as well, living for and in the moment, never letting a day go by unnoticed. The unlived life not worth examining or something. The tough thing is setting priorities, but you're lucky: in your great gorgeous north, Nature tends to establish some of them for you.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 10, 2007 at 8:32 AM
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riri0322
Thank you riri0322. I appreciate it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 3, 2007 at 11:57 AM
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TAPS
Thank you TAPS. Did I make a mistake and compliment Ell? Damn!
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 3, 2007 at 11:56 AM
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Straightforward
I suppose the cycle of life works in any environment, Straightforward.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 3, 2007 at 11:54 AM
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a great post--- I loved it~~~~~~~~~~~~
posted by
riri0322
on June 3, 2007 at 10:50 AM
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johnmacnab
I like the combo--you a writer and Ell a gardner and how you get each other involved in your specialties and compliment each other.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 3, 2007 at 6:16 AM
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This likening of writing to gardening is interesting
posted by
Straightforward
on June 3, 2007 at 5:33 AM
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FoliageGold
It survived because we weren't here to organize it into extinction, FoliageGold.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 3, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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john
A lovely post. Yes, that's how it is. How on earth did the ever-ending forest ever survive?
posted by
FoliageGold
on June 2, 2007 at 6:08 PM
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