It seems an appropriate title for the first blog post I have ever written. Something new in my life and something with unexplored possibilities. I have wondered before about starting my own blog and using this medium to segue into other writing adventures. Maybe this will lead in that direction, maybe it won't. I suppose that the big question posed to me by the blank white screen in front of me must be addressed first. "What will you write about?"
I will write about the things that are important to me. The moon is shining through my window tonight, and it draws my mind outside where i am thinking of my garden and the seeds I have planted there. Yes it is high summer, but the planting time for all harvests is upon us. I am waiting anxiously for my chickpeas to sprout. I planted them at night under the light of the quarter moon. (waxing or waning I don't know) It seemed exciting to be out at night with my hands in the soil and smelling the fresh summer air. My neighbors might think that I'm nuts, but sometimes it is the only time I can get to the garden! I planted a whole row of beets, which I know that my wife will hate and refuse to eat or cook. I have Arugula seeds in the ground because I discovered that plant this spring and I think that it looks so different from anything I have grown in the past. There are new beginnings all around. My son is a month old now and is really beginning to express his own personality. I wonder about going back to school this fall and I think about the things that fall will bring. Fresh corn from my garden,which I have promised to share with my ex-coworkers. More tilling and mulching. I think maybe I will try and build some cold frames or miniature green houses to let me garden longer into the winter.
I guess this blog is about planting seeds and starting something new. There is potential in the air, which as I have often heard is about as useful as altitude that is above you. I better start climbing.
