Hi there! It sure has been a long time since I’ve been here. So much has happened in the period that I’ve been gone that I wouldn’t even know where to begin. Frankly, life has been pretty crazy. This isn’t the time to go into it, and I’m not even sure that I want to anyway. The short version is that there have been quite a few life changing events as well as health challenges which have consumed pretty much the last five years. Things feel like they are stabilizing, and that’s why I’m here today.

While I’m not making a full comeback at this point, I do intend to come here from time to time and get back to writing about all kinds of random stuff. I have been blogging off and on for many years now, and have always enjoyed being able to share whatever pops up at any given time. Yes, I’ve tried narrowing things down into a particular theme or niche, but I find it a lot more fun to keep it random (with several recurring themes, I suppose). Back in the time that I was here pretty much every day for years, you could come here and find encouraging posts about life’s challenges, spiritual stuff, art or other creative projects I was working on, random tarot or oracle card readings (sometimes daily for extended periods of time), poetry, etc.

The idea when I first created this blog was to build a welcoming, uplifting, creative, and cozy place. Even after all of these years, that’s still my vision for this space. The past years have definitely created some changes in me, and I still don’t even know exactly what all of the changes are, nor how they will play out as they are fully discovered or explored. Who knows what types of content I’ll create as it all becomes more clear. Should be interesting! Anyway, it has been such a long time since I’ve done much other than be in survival mode that all of my skills and interests feel very rusty, including writing.

Whether I find a stride before April rolls around or not, I am planning to exercise my writing muscles (and my brain) by participating in the A to Z Blog Challenge and National Poetry Month, which are both in April. I have always loved both, so I’m looking forward to that. A friend and I had a long discussion yesterday about the state of, well, ME! This friend reminded me that I have talents and experience to offer, and this blog was one of the things she mentioned. So, here I am stating my intention to do both challenges in April and I hope that some of the OG readers are still around to join me for that. Of course I’m always tickled when new people find their way in too. In the meantime, I’ll be back here when I can!

Side note: I no longer have a social media presence and at this time have no intention of doing so. I apologize for any inconvenience when it comes to discovering new posts for readers, however for the foreseeable future the only ways to do so will either be to follow me here on WordPress or simply bookmark the blog and come directly to look for new stuff.