{"id":1723,"date":"2022-07-11T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:25:12","slug":"in-the-real-world-it-is-not-that-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/in-the-real-world-it-is-not-that-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Real World It is Not That Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have to admit I love summers at our home on the Canadian prairies. The fact that we live in a small town of about five hundred people and that many of these people are gone to their cottages or seasonal camping spots has meant that the place has a silence that is rarely disturbed by human-generated noises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could be staying at a seasonal site at my daughter\u2019s fifth-wheel trailer near a lake. However, we then would have to live with the noise of the surrounding campers. In our yard, the only noise comes from Wrens, Robins, Doves, Sparrows, and occasional Grackles and Finches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My temperament, my personality is primarily introverted. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like people. I would just rather that they weren\u2019t always so hyper and noisy and demanding of attention. I can only handle so much socialising before I shut down and become almost deaf. The same thing happens when I find myself \u201cshopping.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I am alone it is a quick in and out with no browsing. If I am not alone, it doesn\u2019t take long before I zone out and become a zombie. My wife doesn\u2019t particularly enjoy shopping with me when she is in the mood to browse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a writer fits with my personality. I can handle long periods of silence unlike my wife who needs to have at least a radio squawking in the background. My writing lets me peer into another dimension. I can listen into conversations in this dimension, but not as you would think. I see conversation. The characters and the worlds that hold them are unaware of my presence on the other side of the door that separates my physical world from theirs. And, I like it that way. Whenever I want, I can turn away from that portal and rejoin the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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