Well, that was quite the irresponsible-bloggerly behavior, wasn't it! Disappearing unannounced for a month, then reappearing with a book review and scarcely a word of explanation, then disappearing again! What on earth? Partly, I haven't known what to say. Implausible as it may sound that I be at a loss for words, I've been really struggling with the question of how much to reveal on my blog; whether it's inadvisable to be as transparent here as I aim to be in real life.
So, let's try this: I'll play it a little coy on here, and if you want to know more, contact me directly and I'll share. Basically, if you're still there, dear reader, you may have guessed--my health situation had gotten very very serious, to the point that I ended up at the place of no shoelaces, and having to be there for a good long period of time. Sliding over that long period--it was intense, infuriating, full of learning, lonesome, sociable, and many other contrasts. Even more intense is getting out of there all newborn and vulnerable, and having just barely a week to get ready to go down to Tacoma for my MFA program residency, the key residency as I go into my thesis year. Settling back in just in time to go away again.
So. Lessons? Life is hard and life is precious, like this jewel of a dragonfly whom I was only able to photograph because he was dying:
And life is funny--what's wrong with this picture??
That was fun to be stuck behind at a traffic light.
Okay. I'm heading down to Tacoma pretty soon, and I'm feeling in love with words but a little at a loss for them. So we'll see what I manage to say. I promise my intention is to be a more dedicated blogger again (reading as well as writing, sorry guys). I've even installed some plugins and they may even stop the thousands and tens of thousand spam comments. And if I'm really good, you guys might leave me some real comments, and I might finally have an automated way to comment back! And then life will be good ;>
Another good life thing: literally best summer ever (over 30 years at least, apparently) in AK. Nice to be out of the hospital so I can be out in it before going away again. This whole blog post has been written outside and the hardest thing has been seeing the screen!
