One reason to look forward to the dark nights.

I don’t think it is pointless that I write these blogs, but I do stop because it’s pointless. Sometimes I see a draft and wonder why I didn’t press on. It’s only 400 words for effing sake. This is an example from 28th Sept that I dropped after “One reason to look forward to the dark nights.“.

Dark nights aren’t great. I suppose they could be. But in this country we don’t do it well. Although, we used to compensate with good TV at this time of year, going outside was not a great idea. We’re not a great going outside in the winter kind of country. But there is the idea of a roaring fire in my head. Now thatI’m thinking about it, that image is in my head from TV.

Our society was built on TV. All of that is changing now and we are in a state of flux. Yeah, we’re totally fluxed! Pubs were already closing before the Covid-19 thingy. Now they are being forced to close at 10PM, music venues aren’t viable, theatre can’t happen, comedy can’t happen, and creative people are being asked to use their trasferable skills. Things are happening that not everyone can see.

I do try, I really do. I expect that tomorrow is going to happen andlay down the tracks so I have something to do. One of these things is buying an IR camera to see what visitors I have outside. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much. But much did happen.

I have been doing things. I’ve been trying to shake things up and change direction. None of this is easy, especially when it seems pointless. So what I do, or what I used to do was make a record of it. I have more hedgehod, cat, and fox footage, but I have enough so I only need to leave the camera out every now an then. The good thing is that when I put food out, it’s all gone when I wake up in the morning.

If I’ve learned anything, it’s that there’s lots going on that you can’t see. You could look if you wanted to, but may choose not to. Sometimes, you might see something great like a hedgehog. But that’s not what other people think is great. And that’s a shame.