All Over, Including the Talking
THE FLAMING TREE OF ECSTASY
It seems fitting that I officially terminate my blog only a little under a year after I started it (Dec. 28, 2009).
It was a moderately entertaining indulgence on my part, and gave me a new vehicle for writing, but it served its purpose and I’m now movin’ on.
What I discovered was that the blog sucked creative energy away from other projects and became a distracting habit. It was useful, and I’m not sorry I did it. And I won’t say it’ll never happen again, but probably not for a good long time. Maybe when I retire . . . (That’s a joke. By the time I reach retirement age, the middle class will have been annihilated, and I’ll have to keep working until I die and fall out of my chair.)
Before moseying off into the sunset, I wanted to share a photo of one of the more stunning trees I see driving home from work. Maybe it’s my imagination, but the changing of the leaves this fall–at least where I live–has been mind-blowing. My eyes and brain have been filled with brilliant shades of orange, red, gold, yellow, and purple as I’ve watched the trees go through their metamorphoses. The picture really does them no justice, but it’s all I’ve got for now.
So it’s been–to quote my favorite old and inimitable rock star Neil Young–a pretty innaresting year.
And there you have it.
Thanks for the ride.
Tags: beauty, blogging, color, creativity, life, nature, reflections
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