Pearls of Wisdom and Foolish Mutterings

Hello? Can I come in?

Hi, Honey! I'm home!

What a BIZARRE summer this has been. I feel like I wandered off into an alternate universe and got separated from the pack. Something like that. In actuality, I sort of did exactly that. I wandered over to Open Salon for a while and created a blog there, with every intention of posting there and here, as well. Yeah, so much for "the best laid plans of mice and men." I kinda, sorta got stuck over there, due in part to my stubborn nature (more on that later.)

However, recently I've been completely wordless when I try posting to my blog at OS. More often than not, I find myself drifting back to WDC and wistfully reading the blogs of my friends here. I've been trying to write a new post for the last couple of weeks and ... NOTHING. It's been like a log jam of words and thoughts when I sit down to write. I HATE that. And maybe I really don't have a lot to say right now, but at least I've been able to get a few words down today, so that's progress.

I found a couple of very nice, "where are you?" emails when I came back here on occasion and I want to say thank you to those of you who wrote to me. (You know who you are - and you're the best!) I kind of feel like I've been on a long journey and finally made it back home. And - ahhhhhh - it's so peaceful here. Just what I was missing.

I have a lot of catching up to do with a bunch of you. And that's what I'll be doing over the next few weeks. It's been a rocky few months all the way around. I need a warm, welcoming place where I can write about it. I'm sorry for just disappearing without so much as a "fare-thee-well." Good friends deserve better than that. I hope you'll all forgive my lapse in thoughtfulness.

I think that's enough for today. I must read - lots to catch up on. I'll be back.