Hubbs Writes....

Many of you have known me as “Hubbs.” 

I am the clearly lesser half of the Beehaven Acres Farm Team.   As I near my retirement, Bev has asked me to contribute a blog now and then.  I agreed only if she could help me upload it and agree to no editing power.  That second demand made her a little nervous, but she reluctantly agreed.   
Here we go...

First, a disclaimer.  
If I started a blog of my own, by Thursday of the first week,
I would have nothing left to say.

This is in contradistinction to Bev, the Beehaven Maven we share.  She has an amazing ability to find content and context that is worth reading, then writes it in a way that is entertaining, inspiring, humorous, and informative.  She also acts as the staff photographer.  She does this EVERY DAY. 

Her first blog was on March 1^st, 2006.  She has written 2,298 blog posts since that time. To those of you who also write daily blogs, we mere mortals are duly impressed. 

Yesterday was a typical day.  Let me map this out for you.  Timeline:

3:45:  she says, “Mmmm, I don’t have a blog for tomorrow.”

3:47:  Out with the dogs to find some pictures.

4:00:  Returns with some great shots and the dogs.

4:01:  Downloads the pictures

4:02:  Asks me what I want for dinner.   Of course I have no ideas.  I always say “spaghetti.”

4:03:  Begins to write a blog

4:07:  Decides we are going to have Parmesan Encrusted Chicken (she long ago learned to ignore my ideas for dinner and for blog posts.  She knows that I will love her ideas for both, regardless of what she comes up with).

4:20:  Completes her blog

4:21:  Asks me to look it over for editorial input.  After reading it, I always say “spaghetti.”  No, oops, I mean I say “that is awesome.”

4:25:  Makes an amazing dinner.

Anyway, that is how it is done.   Impressive. 

So, I have just a couple things to ask of each of you.

I need you to continue to read and comment on her blog.  You keep her inspired, and encourage her to do more.  I thank you for your encouragement and support of Bev.  I will do my part also. Years ago, when she and I were falling in love, she wrote a collection of poems that—to anyone who read them—were so penetratingly beautiful and passionate that they stopped the reader dead in their tracks for a moment to reflect and recover (Bev later threw them out, as she thought she could do better; I still haven’t fully recovered from the loss, and she is yet to write more poetry).

As my retirement starts today, I hope to be able to spend countless moments of just “being” with the most amazing person I have ever been privileged to meet.  

I don’t care what it is that we do, just so we are together. 

I don’t know if being with someone who loves you that much will help inspire her to write poetry, a children’s book, or a novel.   Just in case that is not enough, I plan to take from her some more of the farm work (I am assuming the position of Manager of the Manure, taking control of all steps in the process of creating the world’s best compost) so that she may have more energy to share with the world some more of her amazing gifts.  We shall see…seems like you cannot predict the path of creativity.  What a great adventure awaits.  

PS:  Oh by the way, today is Bev’s 60^th birthday.  I told her that it was no big deal to turn 60, so I include it here only as a post-script.

PSS:  I have now expended my blog writing ability for about 3 months.  See you next quarter.