Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Parallel Universes?


My chickens ARE laying. I know that. I find maybe three or four eggs a day but I know there should be more than that. I feel quite certain that the hens have found a place they consider to be safer than their nests to lay in since the snakes started coming around.
I have hunted high and low. I found one under the old dark room where they make their dirt baths to nap in during the hot parts of the day but that was just one.
Somewhere, I feel sure, there is a pile of eggs and hell if I know where it is.

And now my comments are getting lost, too! Okay. This just makes me so sad. I get them via e-mail so I know you're sending them and I am reading them, of course, but comments are my only pay-check. And they're the basis of the little community of amazing people we have here at blessourhearts. I can't seem to discover a rhyme or reason for them not showing up on the site. Some are slipping through, most aren't. I just checked my comment settings form and nothing has changed. I am not moderating anything or any one. Same as always.
I changed back to the pop-up window style of commenting in hopes that it will be fixed.
Because really, I am not kidding when I say that my comments are my paycheck. They make my day and they allow me to answer your words and I can't stand the feeling of a one-way conversation. Which is not, when you think about it, a conversation at all.

So. Eggs and comments. Both are still arriving but not where they can be seen.

And now I'm going to go take my anxiety for a walk and see if I can lose it in a brier patch or something because it's a little too demanding today for my tastes and well-being. It's just one of those days. There may well be a parallel universe involved here where eggs and comments slip into and are lost and where anxiety slips out of and shows up as uninvited and unwelcome as a toothless relative with an empty suitcase, come to stay and steal your stuff.

That's as good an explanation as I can come up with.
Good morning.

15 comments:

  1. i love early morning conversations with you. when our days are just getting started. you would think there is a large open table in the shade and one by one the visitations begin. i love every ones comments too, so i can sit right in the thick of camaraderie and breathe in the comfort of friendship. it makes the day start with a right as rain feeling. yep. we are all right here. marveling at your flowers, hens, that elvis, your owen...
    what ever you are spinning your colourful yarns about.

    your lyrical voice unfolding the day here...together.
    a perfect promising day, even when it is laced with loss or mystery. even when we cannot find our eggs.
    we can expound, exclaim, sing, rant or rave right here with mrs. moon.

    now let's push the publish button and see what mystery waits!

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  2. rebecca- Now see- your comment got through and oh, how happy that makes me! But Magnum left a comment too. It said, "egg". And it is not here.
    So Magnum- egg to you too. I got it. It's just not showing up.
    Maybe it's this fancy new design?
    Oh. Who knows?
    But thank-you, rebecca. Thank-you, Magnum, too.

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  3. My comments are screwed up today too and I can't figure it out, so it must be a Blogger thing.

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  4. mix in some GPS trackers with their feed, they get into the eggs and presto, you know where they are going to...on the other hand, I haven't had to buy eggs in a while-open the fridge, and there they are..hmm...

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  5. Yes, Ms Moon I understand and woke up in a mood this morning too. Why? I'm not sure if I want to get into it today but it involves mothers.

    Blogger is being a jackass and the comments I leave are evaporating into the cyber world. I agree our comments and the eggs must be disappearing into the same black hole. Have a good day dear.

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  6. Your comment got through and hopefully mine did also. It is a warm day here so far but my hens are all happy!

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  7. I am sorry about the eggs and comments. Sounds like all your paychecks are being rerouted... hmm...

    I have some melons for you... They make everything better. :-)

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  8. You are in my thoughts, and I love you.

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  9. Many of my comments are slipping into the ether too... Perhaps blogger has taken a 4 day vacation.

    On the other hand, my eggs all live in the fridge.

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  10. Lois- And suddenly- TADA! the comments are showing up. Yay Blogger!

    Mr. Mischief- Great idea! And are you saying that MY eggs are showing up in YOUR refrigerator? AWESOME!

    Mel's Way- Just the fact that I didn't pass out on my walk makes it a good day.
    Sorry about, uh, your mother.

    Syd- My hens are not happy because I am not letting them roam today. But I did give them cold watermelon to make up for it.

    Ms. Fleur- You are right.

    Ms. Bastard-Beloved- Same exact back to you, sweetheart.

    Lisa- Well, my eggs live there too but they have to come from somewhere. I love never having to buy eggs.

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  11. How long before your nose will lead you to the missing eggs?

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  12. So when you walk down to the river, the creek, and it's such a hot day, can you go in, or are there critters large or small that are dangerous to encounter in the water? I really love your photos of the creek. Like a dream. I have a pond that could use a creek running into it, to make up for the muskrats that are always burrowing and draining the water away. But as always, one must be careful what one wishes for, lest the parallel universes are listening. Which they probably are.

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  13. I had a lot of trouble with Blogger comments the last two days as well. It was maddening and made me realize how almost dependent I am on them!

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  14. I think of you each day, Ms. Moon, as I go about my work. I miss your wisdom and your friendship, as well as your gentleness and sense of humor.

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