{"id":301,"date":"2011-01-14T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loghouseplants.com\/blogs\/greengardening\/?p=301"},"modified":"2011-01-19T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T22:06:40","slug":"i%e2%80%99m-feeling-treasured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loghouseplants.com\/blogs\/greengardening\/2011\/01\/i%e2%80%99m-feeling-treasured\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Feeling Treasured"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Island Treasure<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few days ago, the winners of the 2011 Bainbridge Island Island Treasure awards were announced. What an honor to be chosen as someone who is treasured by my fellow islanders! I admit that, when notified that I was a winner, my first question was, \u201cWhy? What did I do?\u201d Subsequent conversations with the award committee chair made me realize that, although others see it differently, for people like me, community service just feels like a normal, daily activity. There\u2019s nothing special about it, except that it is so pleasurable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am often asked where I find the time to do all that I do. My first answer is usually that I don\u2019t have a television. I recently read that the national average for adult television viewing is now over 30 hours a week. Yikes! That\u2019s enough time to perform a three-quarters-time job, and plenty of time for finding engaging community service opportunities. Or time enough to do all the other things I enjoy, like gardening, cooking, walking, singing, reading, spinning, knitting, and designing wearable art.<\/p>\n

The other part of the answer is that the kinds of community service I choose to do are all satisfying and rather fun. None of it feels like work, if we take work to mean doing something difficult or strenuous. It is a lot more rewarding to do things I can easily do well in a context that supports my community, than to pursue activities that benefit just me or my family (though that\u2019s nice too). In fact, I can make a pretty good case for saying that all the community service I do is totally indulgent.<\/p>\n

In any case, this award puts me in some remarkable company, from author\/illustrator Barbara Berger to author Dave Gutterson and teacher extraordinaire Alice Mendoza. Wow! Here\u2019s more information about the Island Treasure award:
\nhttp:\/\/www.pnwlocalnews.com\/kitsap\/bir\/lifestyle\/113047634.html<\/a><\/p>\n

To read the full story and profile, visit the link below:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pnwlocalnews.com\/kitsap\/bir\/lifestyle\/113047859.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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