Monday, July 07, 2008
Everyday stress
Environmental factors, the vog and its effects on the farm, the farm and what the impact of the vog means to the future and our plans, the protea industry in Hawaii, attempts at organization between the growers, the growers and their relationship to the University of Hawaii's floraculture program, the last 40 years of protea research by the University of Hawaii's floraculture program...Family issues, the developement of our ohana, relations between various members of our ohana, the difficulties of parenting and childing, and grandparenting, the sharing of a social circle, the irresponsibilities of youth, the impact of the individual over the consensus, the concept of the ohana and its impact on the future of gay parenting, gay marriage, alternative families, etc.
Social pressures, the interplay amoungst acquaintances, unrequited desires, mis-interpretted distances, boredom, agenda strategy, loneliness, connection frustration...
This was a post that I started a few weeks ago, but never went back and filled in. Now I look at it and I realize that in itself it was/is a nice insight into me at the moment. Although I am not completely defined by these stresses. Lately I seem more able to keep the stress compartmentalized.
Labels: Flowers, Our Queer Family, Vog
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