I have gotten comments about the sudden stopping of publishing. People have expressed concern about our welfare and expressed dismay. I’ll try to update and explain.
First, we are doing well, good health and plenty busy. We took off for southern Utah last May and stayed camping and traveling for five weeks. There are several new tales to tell, of slot canyons and Canyonlands. We spent some extra time in the Arizona White Mountains, too. We were back in July to catch up and get the sweat’s pool operational after some disasters and learn the new Apple computer that replaced my ancient windows box. Then, we had a sudden urge to head up into California to attend the last TNSF Western Gathering at Lupin Lodge with stops along the way. A couple of weeks more on the road produced several more adventures.
So, I purchased this new more than adequate computer that should last quite awhile with the coming AI changes, etc. However, I’m easily frustrated, or turned anxious with computers. I confess that I have had issues getting the info from old to new, and every step along the way like processing photos and integrate my work onto WordPress. I have set it all down, many times to cool off and distract into my many other projects and interests. I bought a new guitar after 30 years, which is great therapy and meditation when the frustration gets rough. To give you an idea, my guitar playing has improved dramatically. It’s a whole new world, but not progressing as well with the computer.
So, my practice of writing and publishing every week has just had some road blocks, not writers blocks. We’re well, the stats of the site are doing well in spite of my absence because there is so much archived here (I figure).
After eleven years, I suppose that I can take a break. We are not stopping. If it wasn’t such a hassle demanding days work to figure out, I’d at least have something out. Like tonight, I sat down to take a step forward and am not allowed even to open my photos files, a step back! There is no picture attached to this post! Back to the guitar….
Jbee and DF
