To Blog or Not To Blog

It’s curious how times passes. My last entry was dated August 20 2006 and now, over sixteen months later, I find myself living a bachelor life again after some 25 years – the last nine as a single father. My daughter, Evie (21 last November) is now seeking fame and fortune in Seattle and my son, Bruff (18 last July) is taking a gap year in Europe before heading off to university, possibly in Europe. I’m very proud of them and missed them both to the point of tears. But the whole point of bringing up children is to get them ready to live their own lives – and they were ready.

I stopped blogging for a while for several reasons: Firstly, I didn’t really want to write about my daughter’s departure at the time – she was the first to fly; it was too private and too painful. Secondly, I wanted to focus all my energies on book writing. Thirdly, I debated the value of blogging. It seemed like pointless indulgence – fun for me, but of scant interest to the rest of the world. Over time, I was to learn to the contrary. Simply put, numerous friends, acquaintances and readers were using it as way of staying in touch so I was much chastised for quitting, albeit temporarily.

I shall endeavor to make up for lost time. It's nice to be back again.