The internet is bursting with freely volunteered help on almost anything you can think of. Forums, blogs, personal sites with huge amounts of freely offered knowledge … everybody wants to help those less experienced, less talented or less knowledgable than themselves.
Everybody, including my Jack Russell Terriers. They want to help me learn how to properly dig holes. Below, you see Munchkin and Cookie (behind the screen door that they have destroyed) waiting for me to come out and do some digging.
Whenever I do any gardening, they sit behind me, beaming like proud parents. As soon as I go inside, they then dig up whatever I have planted. (They think I filled in the holes by mistake.)
They especially like it when I watch them dig. They can work for hours on a hole, sometimes stopping for a conference on tactical planning. I’m not allowed to help. Maybe someday, but right now, I’m just not ready.
-Julie
