It's Been That Long? How Did That Happen?
It's Been That Long? How Did That Happen?
Well, this happened...
Oh my gosh, Everlastings, I can’t believe I’ve been away this long! So sorry, but things happened, some of it completely out of my control.
As I reported over at Constant Commoner, I let myself get sick for way too long, but I’m nicely on the mend now, hopped up on steroids, but that’s a good thing. I’ve been busy helping my grandson get ready to open his new record shop in Petoskey, and the opening is tomorrow! A lot of work but I loved every bit of it. I was in charge of ordering supplies and working with the printer. I even took flyers around town! Fun but, I admit, exhausting. (Once again I forget how old I am.)
Since you’ve kindly opened your email and now you’re kindly reading this, I feel as if I need to contribute something here, so I dug into my archives and found this piece I wrote way back when I had hardly any subscribers and not many saw it. It’s about Shonda Rhimes kicking my ass, and about blogging, and about inspiration. I really enjoyed it when I read it again this morning, so I hope you will, too.
Things should calm down soon. I don’t ever want to neglect this space or close the doors, even for a little while. Just wanted you all to know, I love what I do here but every now and then life pokes a hole in it.
You know how that is…
Enjoyed the Shonda piece - and totally agree about one's ass often being in the right place at the right time. I am finding Substack to be an important next writing "destination" for myself and wanted to thank you again for encouraging me to make that leap. Perhaps because so many of us here are writerly, artsy types, it certainly feels like the gentlest of all of the social media options and I really like that. Thanks Ramona and don't do too much - at first, I thought you'd got a new puppy!
Very cool that you are helping your grandson with the new store, Ramona! Don’t kill yourself overdoing it, but That Which Does Not Kill You Gives You Something To Write About! 😉