Well, I suppose it doesn't really matter because no one reads my blog anyway! Two-plus years of attempts to be clever and entertaining, wonderful pictures, writing skills that exceed those of 99.9% of the people out there blogging... all that equals no readership. Why can't my experience be like Julie Powell's in Julie and Julia? Oh well, I'm probably too much of a snob and it shows. Someone whose blood pressure rises at a misplaced apostrophe probably deserves to be in Bloglandia Incognita. But why are people writing things like "Puppy's for sale, good temperment, get's along with kids"? Once I asked one of my students why he introduced an apostrophe into a word when he was copying a sentence from an exercise manual (I gave that up soon enough). He just shrugged. He didn't know.
Contrary to what most people might think, grammar does matter. If you only had shorts and tee shirts in your closet you wouldn't be a very competitive candidate in an interview at a bank. Standard grammar doesn't matter in every situation, but it's nice to be able to choose to use it if you need to. But I'm probably wrong. People wear shorts and tee shirts everywhere now; no one cares.
I hadn't intended to lecture on grammar. As Shreed says, "You're an English teechur." We share a good laugh over that. I am actually an anthropologist.
February is a hard month to blog through. The risk is that the posts will all be complaints. I don't like winter and for those who dislike it February is usually the worst. We had lots of snow this month but not as much as DC or Philadelphia. Of course those folks could enjoy the novelty, though I am sure that wore off pretty quickly.
Life on the farm goes on--Levi has sore feet, which is my fault, and the boys are all on a diet. My hay was too rich, which was a fear I had from the beginning when Daniel told me what he wanted to plant. Of course his horses and mules work hard and mine sit and watch TV and drink beer.
Kitties are all fine: last month's highlights (lowlights?) were when one of the peas crapped on Charlie (he's still got the remnants of guano on his back after 2 weeks), when Sushi dragged one of my dresses down two flights into the basement, and when someone unplugged the router and caused me a painful internet-free day.
Birds are fine. I have more Merle scars. It looks like I had smallpox, at least on my shins.
Happy March. The month when we hope spring will come, but never does. Maybe this year...
3 comments:
Not true Martha....I read your blog...grammar lecture and all. I agree -grammar does matter, so does a persons "choice" of words. I teach at a small rural high school and I am constantly stopping kids in the halls to encourage them to use more acceptable words in their day to day language. I get soooo tired of hearing swear words used as part of everyday speech. Usually they give it a half hearted attempt until I walk away ....then it is likely "f___ you lady!"
I agree....February has been mild here too but very, very grey with lots of flurries. When we have seen the sun, briefly, now and again, it seems....strange. I can't wait for the snow to leave.
Hey, who am I? I always read and comment too. Maybe I don't count cuz I'm nto a gud speler'.
I love this picture of you. Can't believe you are going to be 50 this month, you only look about 38.
Put some bag balm on those puncture wounds from your sweet Merle.
Now I'm going to go peek at Eileen's profile. You might consider leaving more comment's on other people's blog's. Lot's of us follow link's that way'.
Jan, I'm not going to be 50! But thanks for the compliment...
Thanks Eileen, I appreciate your support. Grammar does matter because it reflects how articulate a person is. The less articulate, the more ignorant, the more ignorant, the more easily manipulated... it's actually very dangerous.
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