Daily Archives: May 29, 2014

On Being Non-Social

I am not anti-social… I am non-social.

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Here’s an example:: say there was going to be a small garden party at our house.  I would probably be around – I would be there to eat, and maybe a bit more.  I might rather it not happen… but it could be fun for a while. 

So I am not anti-social.  I just have no intention of planning for any such event.  And I can not socialize long before wanting to learn more about someone, and I must not do that.  Like… if I found someone liked photography, then I might think about a photo trip.  But I don’t want to think of that.

So I can wonder off into my office, or my shop… I can reappear when I feel I can.

Is it lonely?  You bet.  But ya gotta take the bad with the good.

And it is not like there is a lack of things for me to have fun with around here – I have a wood shop and metal shop (small), plus my office.  I should be putting my energies into my hobbies… and stuff for Lori!   Smile

AND… I have had this wonderful feeling… as if a great weight had been removed from my shoulders.  I have actually been feeling good!  There will be lots of ups and downs, but aren’t there always??

PS… this Blog was posted accidentally early.

PPS… the photo is at Butchard Garden near Victoria, BC, Canada

My Offensive Misuse of Punctuation

I know, in my writing, I misuse punctuation at times.

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I write a lot.  In one year… not too long ago… I filled 17 Journals.  The average is about 9.  What can I say, I like to write.  I have wonderful fountain pens that I can write with endlessly, and never get writer’s cramps.  There have been times in my life, when I wrote a lot of letters too.

People have told me my handwriting is very nice.  And I hope easy to read.

BUT, I have developed my own use for some punctuation… to better suit the way I write – especially in my journals.  Here are a couple of examples:

em dash – It’s that long dash like the one right before this sentence.  I prefer it to show a significant connection between to (grammatically correct) sentences.  They could be independent sentences, though one might not make a lot of sense.  My point is to emphasize the connection.

ellipses… I use as an extra long pause.  If you were reading this aloud, this is where you would take a breath.  Though honestly, you are probably going to breath at other places as well.  But that is what I use it for.  Take a mental breath.

Whereas, I know people who would see this misuse as a sign of the coming apocalypse, I will continue to use it, and duck under my desk when I see your car.

And I have some new ideas as well… like… what ever happened to the interobang?!

And don’t get me started on Colons and Semi-Colons.