I’m just very quiet.
I can’t speak to how all depressed minds work, merely my own. During low periods, my ability to think linearly tends to shrink. Instead of traveling from point A to point Z, with stops all through the alphabet, I go from A to B and back to A, round and round, endlessly. It makes for less than interesting conversations, and equally dull posts.
So I haven’t had much to say.
Yesterday I went on a hike with a friend. We started in the rain and ended in the sun, went around and up and back down what passes for a mountain in this area of the world. Almost to the top, we heard a noise and found a large porcupine a few feet off the trail. (If you haven’t made the acquaintance of a porcupine before, you can look here.)
This fellow wasn’t particularly threatened by us. He showed his back, shivered his quills a little, and, once he was sure we weren’t likely to try to eat him, sidled up to a raspberry cane and put a leaf in his mouth. My friend and I stood there and continued our conversation and the porcupine kept eating. All was fine until I responded to something in a rather loud voice. The porcupine gave us his version of a sigh and a dirty look, and ambled away. We offered our apologies and went on our way as well.
That’s more or less the height of excitement around here this week.
October 13, 2012 at 10:23 am
I’m so sorry you’re having a rough time. You’re in my thoughts.
October 13, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Thank you, Lydia.
October 14, 2012 at 10:16 am
you can make a day like that sound …. like that ????! awesome…
October 15, 2012 at 9:21 am
🙂
October 24, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Hope things are looking a bit brighter for you. Down time at the change of seasons…sigh. I know the feeling, and the sense of being overwhelmed and spinning in place. I’m sure you know already, but it will pass. Namaste.