Welcome back?
It's been three months. It's the longest stretch, I believe, of silence on this now 10 year old collection of randomness that I have struggled to use for the sole purpose of maintaining sanity and balance. As I read back over the years, I see glimpses of my mental state weaving their way like a tapestry through the phases that comprise my life as a self proclaimed pastoral artist in the great city of Seattle. I see glimpses of whimsy (I really just have always wanted to use that word), glimpses of profound thoughtfulness ... And humility, and glimpses of sarcastic and cynical darkness. Sometimes it is hard to look back and read these ... And then again sometimes it has been encouraging. My absence over these past few months I can attribute entirely to an attempt at not indulging the cynic that lurks below the surface. My ever encouraging wife has been insisting that I begin writing again as it truly is balance and we truly are trying to regain ours. Many of you know that