I need a hobby. In some ways, my time is overbooked, with volunteer work, family obligations, and working on my writing, but I don’t do anything relaxing or fun with other people on a regular basis. I have a lawyer friend who drives a bobcat around her little farm.
![images1 the bobcat out clearing brush](https:///saraparetsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/images1.jpeg)
My cousin Barb, off now to Ukraine, kayaks with friends off the coast of Alaska.
![images-21 kayaking off the Alaska coast](https:///saraparetsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/images-21.jpeg)
Yet another friend plays clarinet in a volunteer orchestra
![images-13 a really good likeness!](https:///saraparetsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/images-13.jpeg)
I know I’d write better, explore more of the ideas circling my brain, if I did something with other people–something besides good works, which, I confess, don’t refresh me. I know farming and kayaking are not for me. I’d like to know what works for other people. How about you?