My writing can be intensely personal.  Definitely not all the time though.  I enjoy touching on things we are doing around the home.  Like we have had our last get together for the year as guys having breaky together once a month.  We have real plans for the cooking area. 
We have flooring to put down and some storage areas to get rid of and others to add.  We were waiting for a period of less activity to do that.  That time has come.  But having said that I am getting older and what was once a “go get em” sort of thing, is now a challenge.  But it will happen.
There are other things we would like to do which are not as straight forward as they once were.  But where there is a will there is a way.  We have not let anything stop us yet, and even when it means getting the help of other’s, we are thankful help comes.
Also a pleasant surprise while we were away was a couple of guys laying pavers we wanted down.  I would never get such pavers again.  They are so big and heavy.  But the young fellas laid them and we are really pleased.  We wanted to make the driveway in front of our granny flat a little wider to allow an extension to a flatter parking area.
In recent times we have been working on the back area.  Really no one sees it but we do.  We have a little orchid there (dwarf plants) plus around the side we have some vines to attract a birdwing butterfly.  (they have not been seen in this area in decades but were once prolific.  Our hope is one flying by will see a place of food and to lay eggs.  That would be a bonus)
There is enough to keep us going.  What has been mentioned are some of the larger tasks.  There are heaps of other things we want to do and will get to.  All this is on top of what we do on a daily basis.  We are keep busy and interested.

I have been binge watching the series “The Chosen” of late.
Typical of me I did not want to embrace it at first. 
One thing I have learned in recent years is there is another option to what I thought was the case.  I have always been one to embrace what is not mainstream.  When others raved about some things that were popular, I tended to go for the obscure.  I do think my life is the richer for that.
But what I have found is that there just being the option of “yes” I will go for it or “no” I won’t, there is a third option that is coming more into play in recent times and that is “not yet.” I am really enjoying stuff that was popular when I was younger.  I rejected it at the time but am making what feels like a new discovery in that much of the stuff is really good.  It was always good, but the time was just not right for me. 
For a number of years I avoided “The Chosen.”  My curiosity was aroused due to the humanity of the characters.  I have really been enjoying it.
I said all that to say something I read his morning.  It is by a world-renowned journalist.  I guess it impacted me as (although better said) it is something I feel I have held to for ages.  I was saying why I mis-trusted algorithms making decisions.  In my mind they fail to take into account our humanity, frailty  and ability to change.
One part of me loves AI for sure.  It is wonderful at sourcing and presenting information.  But I do feel it processes rather than thinks.  It seems really good for facts and figures about what is.  It falls down big time as far as I am concerned regarding moral decisions.
My reasoning is thus.  AI is totally dependent on what goes into it.  It will only process what it has been presented with.  Which leads to what I read this morning. “…the gatekeepers of popular culture are simply missing an enormous part of the human experience…by ruling out of court the sympathetic portrayal of Christian belief in popular culture and high art…”  I do love the balance the author brings.  “…the lesson runs the other way as well:  too many Christians have simply given up trying to create Christian works of art for popular culture…”
What I believe is that much of our history has not been told or in my opinion, worse yet, has been chosen to be ignored.  So much it seems is the portrayal of a point of view that dismisses any contrary view.  This to me is being seen in AI.  When it comes to moral issues AI will only disgorge what has gone into it.  When one aspect of history is ignored, it is not referenced despite that history making up a good, bad, ugly, beautiful part of the history.
Anyway, I am really enjoying “The Chosen” and the book I am reading.

I realized at about 7pm last night I had not posted a blog for the day.
I remembered in part something James Clear said.  It was about giving yourself a bit of space.  He said missing one day was unfortunate, missing two in a row is the beginning of a new habit.  Well, I do not have a desire for that.  I sorta see myself at the moment as a tenacious dog holding onto a rope who will not let go.  I have had it in the past where a dog I was trying to get a rope from, would rather spin around in the air than let go of the rope.  That is me right now.  Holding on because I want what I want.
Yesterday was one of them days.  Sorta the best and the worst of things.
It started real early preparing for a group of guys that come once a month to eat, chat and hear someone’s story.  I have loved each of those get togethers and yesterday was no exception.  As is my custom I spend a lot of time watching.  I want to ensure all have all they need and no one is missing out on food or chat.
I was so happy to see interaction happening so naturally.  The life story (as much as one can say in about 20minutes) was as spell binding as I have seen here.  I reckon everyone was hanging on every word.
It was after that that I had a real internal struggle.  Someone had texted me to say they could not make it as they had 100 trees to plant.  My desire was to help but apart for a couple of calls and moral support it did not happen.  He told me he had it and was due to finish not long after I had decided I could be there.
In one sense I was relieved as it was a stinking hot day, I was not feeling well, and I had something else that needed doing.  I ended up doing the other thing I had to do which was to set up our hall for the next day.  At least what I had to do was done even if I felt bad that what I wanted to do was not done.
Anyway I have decided to not beat myself up today.  Yesterday, though good and not so good is done.  Today is a new day and has its own challenges.  There is no profit in giving up but there is profit in learning and moving on.