We’re halfway through April and I’m talking about March Break? Yep.
During my March Break the ice was going out around here. You know how kids like to stomp on ice and break it? Yeah. Did that. We got a couple soakers, but we also got to see two different kinds of aquatic insects.
We actually saw a Giant Water Bug (or maybe two of them, but seeing as individuals looked pretty much the same to our untrained eyes that was up for debate) and two Caddisfly Larvae.
Today I’m sitting in my desk chair at my computer feeling quite grumpy about everything … and nothing. One of those days.
And I see a woodpecker swoop in and begin pecking at a big birch stump outside my window. I watch it for awhile.
My mind wanders to this comparison:
woodpecker: bashes away at wood to make holes in which to find bugs to eat writer: bashes away at keyboard to make stories to sell so as to obtain crumbs to eat
woodpecker: perhaps does not find reward in every hole it bashes but keeps bashing anyway writer: not likely to get reward for every story it bashes out but keeps bashing anyway
woodpecker: has thick skull so brain can withstand prolonged impact and continue to direct bird to pursue lifestyle of bashing away on wood, even when pulling up worms or foraging for seeds might seem to be a more sensible choice writer: has thick skull so brain cannot easily be dissuaded from pursuing lifestyle of bashing away at keyboard, even when flipping burgers might seem to be a more sensible choice
Hunh.
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The Library Lovin’ Challenge is now done. What a flurry of activity here! And what a lot of fun. I know I enjoyed clicking on and reading many different blogs in the last couple days.
Here’s how it turned out: 27 comments by the deadline @.50 per comment = $13.50 for each of my two libraries.
