Ink & Penstemon
Observations on plants and gardening from the Great Basin steppe in the American West.
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The Anti-Social Network
I’ve been mulling over whether I should jump into the swelling tide of garden bloggers connecting through Facebook. I’m a bit old school, and I like to compartmentalize my relationships, so I’m reluctant to converge my private and public lives. I suppose that I could create a separate account for the blog, but that would be on top of a Twitter feed, a tumble blog, Blotanical, and this blog. I already feel overextended. Social network omnipresence just isn’t tenable.
Plus, this statement from Dan Hinkley keeps eating at me. Of course Mr. Hinkley is gracious and claims to be in awe of us, but I can’t help but feel a bit chided because he knows and I know that I don’t have time to do everything. I know my garden would be much better off if I got of the blog and actually got out into it. This past year I’ve been skulking around with a camera looking for the next blog post, rather that just looking.
Is this blog making me a better gardener? I don’t know yet. But I’m certain, almost assuredly, that hyper-extending my attentions via Facebook will not.
Thoughts?
