An Irreverent Ruckus

 Hello!   I've done this before when I wasn't terribly skilled at navigating (while also paying for) wordpress.  I basically copy and pasted my posts to here, blogger, and carried on happily for free.   I'll keep this going, because it's eternally connected to my gmail account and as far as I can tell, eternally free.  But I have my own copies of all posts (of course) and I'm planning to continue blogging somewhere else.  When it's up and functioning nicely, I'll let you know.   Thanks so much for (ever) reading my work!   Cara

This is how it works for me:  once I’ve got even partial clarity in my mind about what I want to write, all cleverness in presentation begins to fail.   Hopefully cleverness reappears in some relatively pleasant-to-read form.   There are going to be some changes here on An Irreverent Ruckus.   For starters, I’ll be writing more.   I’m a touch pent up.   I’ve wanted to write more for two years now, and have all kinds of drafts started.   In 2021, my plan is to purge the drafts folder, polish them to a semi-gloss, and get them posted.   Done is better than perfect.   What’s kept me from writing?   I think I hinted at it in a previous post; it honestly boils down to: I’ve cared about what people will think.   In neurotic detail: I know that I’ve changed in ways that might surprise my good friends from other chapters of my life.   Sure we’ve got social media, but we don’t have genuine time together anymore.   There’s no intima...