It can be hard sometimes to sit down and write for this blog. I know what sort of information I want to share, I am passionate and enthused; about the subjects I want to discuss and the technology that allows me to reach out to others in such a simple way.

Sometimes it is hard because I am overwhelmed with such a variety of ideas and subjects that choosing what to focus on is nearly impossible. Other times, I may pick a subject and start writing just fine, then suddenly realize I have spun down the rabbit hole of research and back links for over an hour and still not even written two full paragraphs!

These are the distractions that cause me to avoid sitting down to the keyboard and write in the first place. The excuse maker – “I don’t have time to research” “I should write about subject x before subject y”. The self critic, wondering what makes me think anyone cares what I have to say about any subject in the first place, I am no expert, I am not a writer. But I do it anyway and will keep doing it. Why?

Because I am someone who cares about this planet, and all the wonderful living things on it (humans, animals, plants, fish, trees, flowers, insects – you get the idea). I care about learning to treat this planet more gently. I care about our ability to be kind and to and help one another through life, because life gets messy and dirty and hard sometimes, but it is also full of beauty and love. I believe that learning to be a better person and better steward of this earth is a never ending process to be embraced with joy and gratitude. I believe in run-on sentences, lots of commas and good spelling. I enjoy learning more and trying harder. I want to share what I learn with others. I try to treat others as I prefer to be treated; encouraged towards growth without judgement, with kindness, humor, love and always, always appreciation. Gratitude is the key to happiness in my own humble opinion.

I appreciate quirky personalities, different cultures and cuisines. I love diversity and learning through other peoples experiences as well as my own. I will never tire of looking at someone else’s vacation pictures (especially if they are nature shots), but you will tire of looking at mine because I take SO many. There is no sound more magical on this earth than the pure, spontaneous laughter of a baby.

I am a contradictory person: I always want to do better, learn more, read more, exercise more, eat more and sleep more all at the same time. And I think most people are as complicated yet simple inside as well, just with their own particular list.

Environmental issues and the climate crises are really, really important to me and those are the subjects you will find me mostly going on about, here and in my everyday conversations. That doesn’t mean I live some perfectly carbon zero life. I don’t own a hybrid vehicle or have somehow found a way to live a plastic free life, but I am trying. I keep working on reducing my impact in ways that I can, learning more about ways that I can and sharing with others. We all have our own paths to walk and what it looks like to make a gentler impact is also different for each of us.

I feel like I just spun down the rabbit hole again. This time a stream of consciousness that really had no direction or purpose other than to express myself. But, hey, it’s my blog and if that is what I felt like doing with the time I have today, I can do that!