I'm Still Here, Sort Of

I just haven't been on the computer very often.

I started a part time job up at St. John's College doing Administrative Assistant sort of work. It more than makes up for the fact there wasn't much honey in the old bee hives this summer. I haven't made it to the Farmer's Market to sell honey once this year. In fact, my total yield has been about a gallon of honey. Carfree Bees -- the business that has made money every year of its existence -- might actually lose money this year because I stocked up on jars early in the spring.

I work three and a half hours a day. After the kids are on their way to school, (by bicycle and scooter), I hop on my bike and ride up to the college. It's uphill the entire way. I've been using the Rivendell almost daily, with a few stints of using the single speed.

I daydream about blog posts I'd like to write as I head up the hill -- the recent rebuild of the Rivendell, the Slow Bicycle Movement, the effect of drought on honeybees...

Then I sit in the library for an hour, drink coffee, write in my journal with my pencil and read magazines. I read all the way through the two Buddhist magazines they have up there, and now I'm working my way through "Saveur" and "Cooks Illustrated".

It's not a good idea to read magazines about food when you're far away from your kitchen.

I then work from 9:30 until noon, take a lunch break with my wife until noon-thirty, and work for one final hour before heading down the hill to pick up my daughter from school. (My son has started doing an after-school tennis and tutoring program called First Serve, so my wife picks him up on her way home).

I try to have a little coffee break in the afternoon and read a little bit before starting on dinner.

So I haven't really been using the computer, and the blog entries are getting thought about but not written.

Hopefully once I settle into my new routine, I'll get out the digital camera, charge the batteries, fire up this MacBook, and plunge back into the blogging fray.