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There is Beauty in Every Season

Last Saturday we had the first real snow of the winter.  It was a wonderful display, and I did snap several pictures of the accumulating snow.  This morning I was greeted to a site that I don’t see very often.  We had fog the prior night and in the cold temperatures that means the moisture froze to everything it touched.  This created a very soft image this morning since many trees, like this one in my neighbor’s yard, still carried the snow from the prior weekend.  Rather than being very angular and defined, the freezing fog created a very soft – almost inviting design on the landscape.

With a clear morning sky for the first time in days, the frame was set for a wonderful picture.  As I sat down to edit it, the simple backyard scene really moved me.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Standby…

I would love to say that I had been called away by my country to do some impossible mission.  A mission that would need incredible gadgets, and stealthy cunning.  I would love to be able to say that I have returned from that mission and all I can say is that I needed to do something important, and to tell you would mean I would have to kill you.

It would be interesting…it would be exciting…and it would be a lie.  Honestly, my writing and ramblings have ground to a halt mostly out of laziness on my part.  I haven’t exercised my writing muscles regularly as I should have.  It is far too late to try to make up something interesting for missing several months of writing.  I did have my daughter’s softball season to cover, so I was writing and taking pictures, but this site here has been neglected.

However, much like an old friend that you may or may not see on a regular basis, this rambling string of words on the virtual page doesn’t judge.  It is accepting, and even jovial upon my return and accepts me for however long I choose to stick around.

So as the test pattern would seem to show, the fires of creativity seem to be heating up with me again, so keep your eyes peeled for some new content again.  To the faithful that read my blog regularly, thank you so much for your patronage.  While I haven’t been writing, I have read some fantastic stuff that many of you are doing yourselves.  Thanks for the inspiration.

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A Transmission From the Void

Are you there?  Hello?  What’s Up?  Knock Knock?

It has started with a small voice…growing in intensity in my mind.  Mike you need to get back to writing here again!

I can hardly believe it has been over three months since my last entry on this blog.  It is a very odd feeling.  It is like I cast the thing aside as if it were not important to me at all.  I justify it in a number of ways.  I have an intimate group of loyal subscribers that have peered in the darkness wondering if I would return.  So what has kept me away for so long?

Well there are a number of things that have kept me busy.  I actually have written, and been creative…just not here.

I am the web-master, and photographer, editor, and content writer of the Lincoln Lightning 11u girls softball team.  My daughter’s team.  It seems my break with this blog really started there.  My time and my creative juices flowed there and I told myself, that I would put my energy there, and I was still writing, so I wasn’t cheating the postaday challenge.  I am really quite proud of what I have developed, and continue to develop there.

Reality is also invading my writing world.  You see when I started writing in earnest this year, I was doing so with a purpose.  I wanted to accumulate a large portfolio of my writing to be able to share with prospective employers.  I love writing, and would love to be able to do something with it to generate income.  I am not necessarily talking about the great American novel or anything here (but hey who knows right?).  I had the, perhaps naïve, notion that it would offer the lifestyle I was looking for while, at the same time offering the chance to bring an income to the household doing something I love.

Unfortunately, I don’t really know how to make my writing translate into a career option.  So, I have trudged the real world looking for paid employment.  I have been woefully underemployed for the last three years since my departure from the restaurant business as a general manager.  It has put some significant financial strain on my family, and that has put some strain on me to be a better provider to my family.  That, in turn, has made me shy away from my dream of being a writer for a living.  I often sacrifice things I want, or dreams I have in favor of making others happy.  It is a character flaw I have I guess.

So…why am I back now?  Well softball season is over (although fall season starts soon<grin>).  The job search is going very slowly.  The reality is that my writing is very cathartic for me.  I have missed interacting with the world here.  I have missed being a contributor to the blog world.

Bottom line…I am back…

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