Gardens and tarbabies

[primsong]

Been spending a little time working on stuff for One Small Garden - we get official non-profit status this week, woo! Good stuff is the original Elanor garden is well-kept, and Sean is still very much supporting it. Bad news is the reading program folks (whose office/house is the one with the garden in the yard) are both ailing badly and not expected to last long. The long-term plan is to start gathering donations and support to buy the land/house and keep a literacy center there. Lots to chew on in getting that done.

Been giving thought to emotional tarbabies also, as we are dealing with someone in that group who is 'stuck' in an emotional rut of the past and won't stop bringing it up...really drags every meeting into a negative mood. Not a good way to get more volunteers. We have a couple of these floating around in the fan community also, and it can be hard to know when you can help someone get unstuck and when touching it just means you get stuck too. And how to 'extricate' from the tar without them thinking that you don't care about them...

(and no, none of them are here on LJ, so I'm *not* talkin' about you! Heh...)

Ah well. I think of you all often and with good thoughts - may this day be a pleasant one for you. (((f-list)))

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[iorhael94.livejournal.com]

Let me restate that...the person I am thinking of has gone on and on about the problems on the past regarding the Garden, and also, separate issues regarding me (not related to the Garden)...so I *know* how she can be. I am so so glad to hear that you are dealing with it....imho too much time has gone with people just tolerating her behavior regarding both situations. Kudos to you, PrimSong!