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I Don't Blog When I Facebook...

...or read the news.  Or look at blogs.  Or pin on Pinterest .  I notice that if I start my day with other people's news--which is what I'm generally drawn to do--I don't do my own thing as much.  Before the internet, I would turn on the Today Show.  Off the internet, I also read magazines and currently have a stack of about 10 books on or near my nightstand. I've always been an obsessive reader and a curious watcher of news. People tell me all the time I should write more.  I tell myself all the time, I wish I wrote more.  And part of me does, indeed, wish that. But I've long been better at input than output. I adore studying and learning new things.  A few years ago I took an entire year of herbal medicine classes.  Then I took another six month course on herbs.  I also took some weekend classes.  I loved every minute of it.  We spent time walking about in fields and on city sidewalks, identifying and learning about a...