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I'm in the process of migrating this blog to a new web host and I may hit a few snags along the way. No need to panic--if I do this right, you won't feel a thing.
It's a new month and my brain is firing on all cylinders, which, if I were to hazard a guess, would be more than four and possibly even more than eight.
First off, I'm taking an active role in an exciting new endeavor. For now, I can tell you: (a) it's a community-based project; (b) I'm inspired by the people involved and I'm so excited to work with them and (c) I'm hugely optimistic about the future of this group and where we'll go with it.
A large part of what we're attempting to do is covered here: LaunchPad. I invite you to read all about it! (I've also added some new friends to my "Local Links" roll.)
As a result of my collaboration with more people in my community, I've learned, quite surprisingly, that I have several new readers of this blog. Of course, that comes just when I'd been pondering whether or not to retire it, the main reason being that, as is the case with so many of my fellow blogging friends, the advent of Facebook means I spend less and less time writing here.
But I'd be lying like a rug if I said I didn't miss it.
I've been writing this blog since 2002. In fact, 2010 marks my 8th consecutive year of blogging here, with scattered gaps of only a month or two between posts. This blog has been my companion, my diary, my co-conspirator, my political soapbox and my personal punching bag for those days when I would strangle someone if I didn't have the outlet of venting here.
Discovering I have several new readers compelled me to look back over some older posts and I must say, I've enjoyed reading them. This blog has been a chronicle of my life as I made the difficult decision to leave New York for the quiet (if too quiet) haven of Arcata, then returned to city life (and school!) in San Francisco and, finally, came home to New York. It has chronicled the many potholes in my road to figuring out just who the hell I am, where I should be and how my life should be playing out. One important thing it's taught me is that there simply shouldn't be any "should." My life has played out the way I have steered and prompted it, with a little kismet thrown in for good measure.
So, now I'm settling in to a new year, with a new husband, a new business venture and a new community focus. I have no idea how things will turn out and I'm not sure I'd want to glimpse the future even if I could arrange it. But I'm sure as hell optimistic.
Welcome to the journey, new readers.