Theme of the Week 4 – What is something you did as a child, that you miss doing now?

For this week’s theme – What is something you did as a child, that you miss doing now?

I don’t know what made me think of this tonight, but seemed like a good question when it popped into my head. The funny thing is, the things that I first thought about (I’m tending to go with what first pops into my head with these things, not the carefully considered response) were all things I did as a teenager and were outdoors. In particular – sailing, and camping.

I used to do quite a lot of sailing on the lake I grew up on – my parents had a Hobie 16 (a catamaran or Hobie Cat) that was a great fast boat for a lake that was about a mile and a quarter by half a mile. There is a thrill to sailing a boat like that by yourself, being in control of speed and direction (as much as you could in something powered by the wind), and both working with and fighting against nature to get your way.

Camping I did a lot of, as mentioned before I was a Boy Scout, and our troop camped once a month for most of the year. There are times now when DiaryMistress and I drive through a stretch of woods somewhere, I will think about hiking into it with a tent and camping.

Funny thing is, these are both things that being an adult doesn’t stop me from doing – maybe I need to listen to this particular inner voice a little more 🙂

If you post an entry for this theme, remember to tag it TOTW4!

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In retrospect, and after talking to some users who are trying out the “free” layer, it became clear that not being able to leave notes was going to make it impossible for these people to make friends and really get to know the site – so I have removed that restriction. We will figure out later if this presents a problem with troublemakers – and if so, we will find other ways to address it – noting is just too important of a function for OD users.

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That’s it for now, thanks!

DM