Chateau Lloyd

Regular readers will no doubt have noticed that posting has been unusually erratic this spring.  There are a couple of reasons for this.

This first is that I have been unusually busy, mostly with the house and yard.  This year we are making significant improvements and considerable investments in Chateau Lloyd, both within and without.

When one starts to focus on such things (especially after years of neglect), projects tend to snowball.  After fixing a small nagging issue that has lingered for years, others become apparent, and pretty soon a major overhaul is underway.

More and more, I find myself ignoring the laptop entirely, perhaps checking an account or placing an order, but then immediately turning it off to attend to the business at hand.  

This becomes even more pronounced in the spring, when there is so much to do to ensure a satisfactory summer and autumn.  Good weather is fleeting in Michigan, and this year I want take full advantage of it.

Building on this is my unwritten policy of only blogging when I have something to say.  I don't like "checking the box" in terms of putting content out.  Either it's worth doing well or it's not worth doing.  Not all my posts are immortal works of literature, but they usually make a point and add something to the reader's knowledge.

Thus, if I've had a long day, I'm not going to log in merely to throw something up on the site.  

My usual goal is to post about three times a week, usually 2-3 days apart.  Obviously, I'm compressing that schedule today, but that is because I have the time and also think this is worth writing.

In an age of unending thoughtless content production, I stand in resistance of that.  If that means you have to wait a week, so be it.

I am, after all, only human - which seems to be an increasingly rare characteristic.