Push the Unpause button.

I was asked this morning why I stopped blogging. I don't, by the way, consider an eight month pause quitting! The following, in no particular order, or with any respect to the conventions of the English language are some explanations.

Time. My priorities are to my daughter, my family and friends, and to my job. Somewhere in that harried space that is life, I try to do things that are good for me. This rarely includes more time in front of a screen.

The things that I would write about are so intensely personal that crossing that public/permanent boundary is not always appropriate.

I would rather discuss ideas over a cup of coffee or glass of wine with smart thoughtful people than have a digital discourse.

I suck at the rules of English grammar. I punctuate a sentence the same way I mow my lawn- with no plan and marginal (but interesting!) results.

Vanity, I am under the delusion that people might actually read what I write so I want it to be brilliant.

I spent the weekend writing, it was a tormented task. Twenty legal sized pages of scribbled notes distilled down to 550 words. As much as I deny it, writing is one of the few techniques that effectively quiets the voices in my head.

Comments

[Bret Simmons]

Welcome back!! I hope we hear more from you.

[Richelle]

I love this paragraph.
"I suck at the rules of English grammar. I punctuate a sentence the same way I mow my lawn- with no plan and marginal (but interesting!) results." r!