I have fallen into the habit of posting my updates on Twitter/Facebook even though I prefer this place to those, in theory. Not sure what that's about, especially since there are enough family members and co-workers on Facebook that it keeps me from posting anything with any depth most of the time. And on the gripping hand (h/t Aahz, may his memory be a blessing), I don't get deep all that often these days.

Anyway, lots and lots has happened since I was here last. Still miss my mom so hard that it's sometimes hard to move past it, but there are real patches of joy now, and that wasn't really the case at first.

( House )

( New Mexico )

( Work )

( Writing )

( Family )

Anyhow, there's a lot happening, and I want to share that with you, and to return to keeping an online journal if I can manage to find the follow-through to do that.

Poem-a-day challenge for April 4, 2015
(Prompt: "write a departure poem." I used an old poem that fits the theme; I don't think I've ever posted it before.)

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Since I got online in 1998, the longest time I've been offline was probably the three weeks I spent in Tokyo. I suffered no withdrawal pains. I didn't find it liberating. It was just what it was, and I didn't mind, nor did I come home and decide that the internet was totally irrelevant in my life or anything.

I guess I just am just really adaptable, and not terribly change-averse. Plus, I'm a little detached by nature.  I don't tend to miss things (or people) when they're not around.

When I was first online, and falling in love with TOTGA, if my internet went out for FIVE FREAKING MINUTES I would hyperventilate and cry or go drive to a then-expensive internet cafe. I was completely addicted, both to TOTGA and to the new-to-me phenomenon of the internet. These days, not so much.

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Lived an authentic, compassionate life.