Why are we here? Together, in some kind of way?
but whyyyy?
Why is anyone anywhere, really? So here is the introduction, hi, hello, were you maybe wondering why is this webpage here? Maybe that’ll be related to why you’re here, wouldn’t that be some damn symmetry :) Hello Dear Reader. So here is the deal. I don’t have anything to sell (yet! Who knows, maybe I’ll sell heirloom seeds, or photography crafts, or…dog hair?) and am not trying to make money (not that I would reject it, that's just not the point) and am not an expert in any of the fields covered on these pages (except maybe ‘personal’. I’m probably the expert on that) so I actually don’t have any ‘performance goals’ for this platform. Instead, this website is up to hold my selfish self-expression needs.
(Later Note: Turns out the pictures on flickr are probably the best part of the website. I did not see that coming.)
On one hand, when I make something tasty I want to share (also remember) the recipe but have no interest in making a paper scrapbook of recipes so this webpage is to hold those recipes for me or maybe others to find later.
On another hand, I grow a lot of plants and I especially love growing food. This webpage is also up to hold descriptions and notes about plants I have known, for better or for worse. Searches for something about those two topics are probably what brought you here.
But then also, on that mystical third hand, there are personal things that I wanna talk about in a way that is kind of permanent, things that I need to say to someone and don’t know how to bring up (although I’m getting less isolated, more on that probably somewhere), things that I need to say out loud to check the harshness level (is this really selfish, or is it just public?) and lastly topics that I need to write about to fully understand but journaling to myself somehow does not make it outside-of-my-head enough. I’d love it if some of this is interesting or maybe even useful to someone.
And on the less mystical 4th hand I might write about places after I have been to them. Maybe before, but probably not.
I might (ok, already know that I will) talk about some pretty uncomfortable stuff in the personal section, it might not all be an enjoyable read. Maybe I’m building this to scratch the livejournal itch from when I was too chicken to write anything online. Maybe part of the reason for being is to dip a toe into the private-is-public world of social media, since this is media and if anyone reads this then I guess that makes it social (right? Otherwise it would be solo media?) Or maybe I just doubt that this would be interesting to anyone so I’m gonna assume I’m talking to myself and be super honest. But since you are reading this (*wave wave* <trips> *cough waves more* omg hi!!) I hope that you find something that you enjoy on this little corner of…electrons, probably, I guess, and solid state magic.
Bienvenidos a mi cerebro, familia nueva