Conveyor Belt

[primsong]

Help... all my friends postings are whipping past me on the Great Conveyor Belt of Time and I've only been able to scan them when I want to read, read and respond...!

It's my own "fault" of course - I've chosen to take a little time for my own pursuits, as I realized I was spending all my time responding to other people's pursuits and neglecting my own. I've created the forums for One Small Garden, (onesmallgarden.org...the Potting Shed... still needs an avatar gallery made up), started a new serial tale (Stone of Erebor), ventured into the Brave New World of posting my tales on other sites (fanfic.net and Stories of Arda), and painted a lot of bookmarker sticks for the library -

Such is life. Ah, but that we could clone our minutes and be able to truly do more than one thing at a time.

Comments

Shame on you

[fakoriginal.livejournal.com]

for wanting to take time on your own pursuits :)

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

You've been busy doing good things! I've been busy being busy and my good things like writing new chapters and reading other people's wonderful writing (such as that new tale of yours) has fallen woefully behind. :-( I know I'm too busy when even Boromir holds no appeal for me. =:-o

Hoping that changes soon; looks like I might have some time to myself this week, in spite of having to cook supper for 9-19 people this week. ;-)

I've been thinking a lot lately about the advantages of cloning in light of the need for doing more. I think a transporter would be helpful as well.

Re: Shame on you

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It's a dilemma, to remember not wither up your own self in order to sustain others. Remember in Dark Crystal, when they sucked the life-force out of the Gelfings (I think they were called?)... It's been years since I saw that, but I remember the one that shriveled up. I don't want to be one of those, nope.

My muppet needs to not be the shriveled Gelfing, but Kermit. Rounded, with the ability to bounce and avoid pigs. Hee...

[primsong.livejournal.com]

You *have* been - I've seen your posts and shaken my head in wonder at how you manage to keep it up and still type anything at all... Here's to your upcoming snatches of free time!

[maidoforange.livejournal.com]

((((Prim))))! You really are amazing. You have more energy and do more work than any 3 women. The website for one small garden is beautiful!

Oh, I know how you feel!

[lyria-theringer.livejournal.com]

Always too busy. I'm missing LJ most of the time, but still not sble to find the time.

I'm glad you are taking some time to yourself, though. You deserve it. As MaidofOrange said, you do more work that 3 people together

((((Prim))))

Time enough for love

[my-cocoon.livejournal.com]

just think what and or how many things we can do and share in Eternity, no longer hampered by space and time.
I hope to see you at the Oregon Sym. LOTR concert. A number of us are going.

I miss having some time to actually talk together as we seldom have ever done.

I think we must set a time for tea one day soon.

I am having some Sunday School kids and youth over to my house on July 30th in the afternoon. If you and yours would like to come over for BBQ and good times please do come. I am inviting Tini and DH too. Details later ok.
3536 NE 50th.

(((((Prim))))))

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

(((Prim))))
I'm glad for the Scrapbook, because in a fit of temper last week I deleted EVERYTHING from Stories of Arda and fanfiction.net. At least they're still preserved there- most of them, anyway.
((more hugs))

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I can't take any credit for the look of the site - the lady who put it together did a wonderful job, didn't she? I just did the green forum - tho' I've ended up with the steering wheel for the entire site at this point, I hope it will only be a temporary position. She was far beyond my skills. :-)

((((OBT)))))

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

(((Prim))))
One more thing...what is "One Small Garden" all about? Is it a fic site, a Sean site, what?

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It's a non-profit organization to help people plan, build and maintain organic charity gardens. We're only fledglings - we just got the non-profit papers at last a couple weeks ago and so far our only garden is the Elanor garden in Beaverton. We have more applicants already, though, so we're hoping to get the next one going this coming year. Sean has decided entirely on his own to stick in his oar and help us get it funded and promoted, a real blessing.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Oy! ((((((Kimby)))))))

Re: Time enough for love

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It's possible, but I'll have to check with my family's calendar - thank you for the invite!

Re: Oh, I know how you feel!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Would be nice if the world had a 'pause' button, wouldn't it? ((((Lyria))))

[wadearturo.livejournal.com]

(((((((((Prim))))))))) Glad you can stop in when you are able (because we miss you), but really glad you are staying busy and productive! Love the One Small Garden.

*huggles*

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

By the way, dear friend, your "Nothing of Note" is making waves at Stories of Arda- I've read two comments so far from folks on my flist who just LOVE your Bilbo's "voice". Hurray for you!!!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I've been quite astonished at the reviews in my box, but it's always water to the soul to have someone really enjoy the tale this way. But for more time to write! (of course you can't relate to that desire, LOL...!
(((((kimby whose writing I still love))))))

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

I like the word picture of the conveyor belt of life. It's particular appropo (sp?) to the way my friends list seems to slide by.

All I can think of though is that I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ethel are making chocolates and they just keep coming faster and faster and they end up stuffing them down their shirts and in their mouths. LOL!!!

Such is my life too.

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

that's really cool about Sean, but what exactly is an "organic charity garden"? I know the one you made was to be a reading garden attached to a library right? But what exactly is the "charity" aspect of it?

[primsong.livejournal.com]

The Elanor garden is attached to a place that does tutoring for children who struggle with reading and writing, and happens to be across from a library as well. The stepping-stones all have literary quotes on them. :-) At the moment, the building is also housing a tiny Catholic bookstore, so they love the literacy tie-in as well.

The "organic" means we're encouraging and teaching organic methods of maintaining the garden (mulch! mulch! ladybugs!) and helping choose plants that will survive well in that area, so they don't have to be chemically supported to live.

The "charity" part means it is a nonprofit, and our focus is encouraging volunteering/donations as the means to have the gardens put in and maintained. You won't see us putting in a garden for a wealthy bank, for instance, who could purchase landscaping architects - you will see community groups for the performing arts, children's clinics who have no funding for a healing garden, places for the underpriveleged or those that need that extra healing/peace a nice garden can bring... that sort of thing. They will not all be literacy focused, but may have other themes. We hope the stepping stones with quotes of the donar's choosing will continue.

Does that help? Goodness knows it's still quite new, but we're hopeful that it will work out.