Raindrops Keep Falling On My House...

It is another rainy evening in Florida and I've got a scratchy throat and have been slurping hot tea for most of  the afternoon. The day has been quiet. I've spoken with an old friend whom I've known since primary school. She is newly retired and recuperating from recent knee replacement surgery. Another is frantically searching for her escaped cat. I don't envy her this task in wet whether.

 Though people commonly believe cats return home unassisted from wandering, many do not, ending up injured, homeless or worse. Lukas and my other cats were among those lucky enough to be found and taken in. While Lukas is very happy in our small flat, my friend's cat fears thunder and lightening and may have bolted due to our stormy weather. Ironically, he is called Lightening.

Since the demise of my iMac, my forays into social media have been limited and I'll admit that I've enjoyed life without Facebook and will probably further limit my time there. I check email regularly and moderate blog comments once daily but Facebook, with its ads and constant political trolling has just gotten under my skin.

An interesting book by Cal Newport entitled Digital Minimalism explains why and how we get sucked into sites like Facebook and that the phenomenon of people constantly checking their phones or other devices is not merely habit or an age-related thing but deliberately cultivated and encouraged by design. I'll write more about this when I finish the book.

For now, I'll leave you with this question:

How much time do you spend online each day?

Cheers!