A New Blog? Update.
It’s raining this morning and my small town loses power pretty regularly during storms as heavy as we’re having this morning (honestly it’s not that bad but the infrastructure is…shitty). Naturally I decided to write my first new blog post. Truth be told this isn’t my first…blog rodeo. Many people may know me from my previous blog that was quite prolific for a few years, and where I worked through the trauma of my past ( while working through some in the moment “self-inflicted” trauma ) to find a place of healing. When I started I didn’t know where I would end up. But I ended up in a much better place. It wasn’t easy and it took a lot of stuff — and I’m not talking tangible stuff — to achieve. So why start a new blog and keep writing? I’ve been writing my whole life. I started with poetry in my pre-teens, moved on to short stories, took a hiatus, returned with blogging, then transitioned to academic writing. I still have stuff to say. But not the...