Bees and flowers

I got two compliments on my writing today.

The first person sent an e-mail saying the quality of the paper has gone up since I've been here, that my column is his/her favorite, and that my writing is "refeshing."

I was feeling very smug until the second compliment.

A elderly man I was interviewing said he really likes my writing and keeps looking for my stories in the paper. Fabulous. But then he said, "It seems like you don't really know much about anything." When I said I keep my writing simple so everyone can understand it, he said he meant his comment in a nice way and that he enjoys reading my work.

So I'm feeling a little less smug.