Why a Weblog?
A good question and one that is easy to answer with another question… Why Not?
There isn’t a good reason really. Some people with traditional jobs living in the city think we are mad living where we do. They simply wouldn’t be able to tolerate things like a portaloo in the back garden becasue we don’t have any drains, a 3 hour drive to the nearest Ikea and winds that can strip paint off your house. Others look at us with envy when they visit and see a life which they perceive to be lacking in stress, they smell the fresh air and stroll on the beach and wish they could have a care free life.
For us, we see it all as fairly normal, we aren’t that far removed from civilization, we do have electricity (although the suppliers do seem to turn the juice down at 9pm every night), we have broadband, we have jobs which are sometimes stressful and we have as many things going on in our family life as the city dwellers do. For us this is the perfect balance, we aren’t stuck on a remote island living off the land removed from civilisation but we can look out of the window at sand dunes, breath fresh air rather than the polluted city air, we feel the weather in full force everyday and life is all about making the most of what we have rather than working like mad just to get more.
Of course we do work, and sometimes very hard. Anna has a ‘proper’ job and I’m self-employed, we need to earn money for mundane things like food, bills and the mortgage. Life here really is very ordinary, which makes the question ‘Why a weblog?’ even more pertinent. I guess the only valid answer is ‘because we can’. I barely know what will be included in this weblog yet, I’m just going to let it develop in its own organic way and see what happens. Someone somewhere might be interested. If not, so be it, it does no harm.
