Do you notice there is a standard social agenda that unravels when you meet a friend, say at the supermarket? ‘Hi, how’s your summer going?’ flows into a discussion of the weather, the family, and always topped off by a declaration of how busy we are.
I started resisting this busy, busy, busy attitude in 2009 when I started going to the cottage and writing this blog. In putting into words what the blog was about, I settled upon: “A Cottage by the Sea: A blog for those who are looking for silence, solitude, and simplicity, and who sometimes want to be alone.”Ten years later, there is nothing I want to change, not even the picture of the view from the cottage, although I don’t go to the cottage any more. I’m ten years older (something I can’t change) but I’m still find the silence, solitude, and simplicity I’m looking for, and sometimes I get to be alone.
When I chat with a friend while we pinch tomatoes or avocados, I’m apt to share that these days I’m not busy all the time, unless you consider reading sixty-four books so far this year as busy.
I started resisting this busy, busy, busy attitude in 2009 when I started going to the cottage and writing this blog. In putting into words what the blog was about, I settled upon: “A Cottage by the Sea: A blog for those who are looking for silence, solitude, and simplicity, and who sometimes want to be alone.”Ten years later, there is nothing I want to change, not even the picture of the view from the cottage, although I don’t go to the cottage any more. I’m ten years older (something I can’t change) but I’m still find the silence, solitude, and simplicity I’m looking for, and sometimes I get to be alone.
When I chat with a friend while we pinch tomatoes or avocados, I’m apt to share that these days I’m not busy all the time, unless you consider reading sixty-four books so far this year as busy.