diversion of a sunny west coast, liquid kind

hint: sparse blogging may result
There’s a reason why my blogging schedule has been light the last few days, a situation that may continue well into this week. This opinion column from the Vancouver Sun (In praise of getting drunk on a summer afternoon) has some hints. Not that I am getting drunk this afternoon, though there is some drinking involved, as we are away on vacation. Away on vacation in (now, sunny) British Columbia, where I saw this headline in the newspaper of the lady sitting across from me on the ferry yesterday from Nanaimo to Gabriola, and picked up her discarded newspaper when she was finished.

So: away from home, with many distractions from blogging, and many opportunities to sit in the sun (or out, frankly), with beer, wine or something else. Life is good.

But the Pete McMartin piece is interesting in its own right. Perhaps a writerly trick, as he complains about things he admits to doing himself, which is sometimes the blogger’s lot as well. It is irritating to read blogs, tweets, even FB posts I suppose, that are strident: LOVE this! HATE that! Sometimes we need to allow room for nuance, or mere reflection that is not intended to persuade or preach, but just to … breathe.

Stop and smell the coffee, look at the roses, or (yes) have another daylight drink. Gonna stop now and get a mid-afternoon glass of wine. Life is good. Enjoy something today. (Anything.)

© Sandy Mattingly 2012