Early this morning, 3:30am to be exact, Ani the dog woke me up. After letting her out and back in again I laid awake for a while. My blog, Off the Chalkboard clearly came to mind. I have not posted anything in a month and since I hate leaving things undone or unsaid I knew I need to take action. I needed to get back on-line and start writing again or gracefully close the chalkboard down.
This month has been absolutely remarkable. Milwaukee has gone from being a place where I’m just hanging, to becoming a place where I live. I feel comfortable navigating the streets and freeways, my yoga colleagues have become my friends and my days have structure as I continue to build my on-line business (www.hurlyburlybags.etsy.com) Of course, with the event of settling into a place, the novelty of that place wears a little. Weekends once spent at the art gallery, poetry readings and roller derby suddenly become filled with contented puttering, hardly the stuff of riveting blog posts.
However, both Jim and I are committed to living full lives. Milwaukee is a great city with lots of interesting things to do and interesting people to support. We want a life of exploration and adventure.
This morning with my blog still firmly in mind I logged onto InsideMilwaukee. I needed to be reminded of the pleasure of seeing my writing published and the commitment that I had made. And there, posted just last night was a comment telling me that I was missed.
Frank Lloyd Wright – Milwaukee Art Museum – Feb 12th to May 15th, stay tuned, it’s on the chalkboard!
