See. Told You I’d Be Back.
I'm back. Had to do something in the kitchen. Didn't take long. So. What's new? Hmmm. Can't think of anything. Hmmm.
Thought about some things today that I haven't thought about in a long time. Wound up deciding to put it off for another year. Do some study on my own. Dear old "Barter's Garden" here (not the real name of my town but the initials are the same) is not the perfect place to see this thing to completion. I could, but I think I'd feel uncomfortable in such a small community. (Not a good reason. The comfort situation is going to be sketchy at best no matter where I am when I finally make the committment.) I do have a lot of personal things to settle first and I would like to move to a larger town. I've even thought of moving to the metropolitan New York City area-ish. But that's only if the writing takes off in a reasonably big way (or I get a huge winfall like winning the lottery or someone leaving me a lot of money in a will --- neither of those things is likely to happen).
So, I'll probably have to settle for moving to Nashville, or Huntsville, Alabama, or Louisville, Kentucky. (Either of those three places have a sizable enough community so that I could probably feel like a very small tadpole in a sizable pond. I can't imagine giving up my personal anonymity.) I might get that done within the year. Maybe even by summer if I can beg or borrow the money. (I thought I needed a small town after living in Los Angeles for so long. But it turns out I'm more stifled here than I ever was there. Go figure.)
I really have to get to some place with good public transportation and some kind of art scene. I'm more comfortable with the artsy crowd. For two cents and the promise that their won't be another major earthquake there for another thirty years, I'd go back to Southern California.
Hey, I just had a great idea. If anyone who still reads this blog --- you're out there, I can hear you breathing --- knows of any place within a six hour train or bus ride from the metro New York City area --- preferably a place with at least 100,000 residents --- let me know about it. Just leave a comment telling me how great the town is and how wonderful the transportation and education and arts are there. (Okay. That's confusing, I know. But if you've been coming for awhile you can probably decipher my babbling by now.)
I'm seriously trying to fulfill lifelong dreams here. Any intellectual help would be greatly appreciated. (If that even makes any sense. Arggh. I'm just not making much sense at all today. Geesh.)
This was a long, meandering post, but at least it's done. Keep posting comments and lists from the earlier post. I don't mind a little disorder. ('If I had my life in order I'd be dangerous,' to paraphrase a quote on a notebook that one of my favorite teachers once gave me.)
Okay. I'm stopping. I'm going to bed soon. I might make more sense tomorrow. Nah. Probably not. As for now, good night and good morning and until next time I wish you peace and happiness and a bit of good fortune in whatever you do. 'Bye.
(And then I forgot to change the timestamp. Yikes! It's fixed now though. Thanks.)
