Hello out there.

Hi blog readers, if you are still out there.

I didn’t meant to ghost you since the last post in August but it was a necessity. I spent that time finishing my book and turned it in last week. I mean, it’s done but of course it will need some editing and there are some accessory documents I need to work on in the next few weeks to keep the publishing process moving along. I’m not here to write about all of that but will at some point in time.

This is mostly an “I”m alive” post. And still unsure what to do with the blog. I feel a lot lighter now that the book is submitted, that I can actually work on some other projects (writing, art, gardening, random creative pursuits) once more. My thoughts from sometime in the summer are still the same: overhaul the website, archive a lot of writing, and target this differently. Over at On Texas Nature I have been writing more long form content pertaining to the Texas environment. Obviously, the blog is something different but I have been contemplating cross-posting those here as well, mostly because the Substack platform is not something I own and websites change.

I may return to more trail reports as I once wrote so frequently here. Gardening? Haven’t done much or cared about it in two years. As much as it pains me, because I loved writing about him, definitely less kid writing as he’s now 11 (I KNOW!) and I doubt he wants that internet footprint before he even gets a social media account of his own (a long time from now, crossing fingers). I have a lot to update “you” on—who is even reading this anymore? My blog has always been beneficial for me and I still dig into it from time to time. But the wide open scope it used to hold, well, I think that time has passed.

Expect more in the next few weeks as I work to update the layout and archive some writing here. I would love a comment or email if you are still reading so I can get an idea of audience. Pretty sure it is just a handful of you at this point, mostly friends and family.

Alas.

Happy New Year!