When I joined Twitter, like everybody else I was just an egg without a location. But, I thought, should I put my real location? What about the stalkers? Hmmmm... I wasn't too sure about that. But, I had to put something. And, I thought it had to be creative. Something interesting enough to hopefully make people take a second look and follow me.
About that same time, I was visiting with my mom and dad. We were having coffee in their super bright sunroom and she told me a story. The area around their house flooded a while back and she started talking about one of the casualties. It was her beloved potted pineapple plant that just washed away and has never been seen since. She mentioned that she liked to think that her pineapple plant had taken root somewhere far away and had started a whole pineapple grove. While she talked about it, she got such a radiant far-off look in her eyes and I could see the beautiful pineapple grove so vividly with the hot sun beating down.
So, I thought why not put my location as the pineapple grove on Twitter? It may not be a real physical location but it is a very happy place in my mind. It was created by my mother and I am happily drinking hot coffee and maybe eating chocolate with her there. And, we are admiring all of her lovely pineapples growing everywhere wild and free.
