It's been nearly a month since I actually wrote a blog. It's not that I haven't been writing (au contrare) it's just that focusing on BLOG writing, or even taking the time to put some of the things I have written for blog consumption ON LINE has been completely unavailable. I've tried to address that a little bit by starting a "mini blog" at Twitter, which you can find here, but in general it's just been a little bit like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride over the last few weeks.About three months ago I volunteered to co-chair the Petaluma Sesquicentennial River Fest committee. I thought, hey... it'll be fun; it will get me more connected with the town (something that hasn't happened since I moved to New Orleans three years ago) it won't take that much time, I'll be working with people with whom I enjoy interacting, it's far enough down the line that most of the critical stuff has been taken care of. Well... I couldn't have been more wrong, except for the people part. Most of the people I've worked with on this have been fantastic and have made it truly a worthwhile experience despite the insanity). What I never counted on (and I should have because, hell... I used to be in the CHURCH) was the way literally every waking moment would be sucked into the black hole of this exciting, though poorly planned and poorly executed adventure. Pretty much ALL of my assumptions about what had been done, needed to be done, and the time it would take were wrong. By the time I learned this it was indeed too late. That's pretty much the way such things go in general, and like I said, I should have known that.
What I'm glad about is that I have indeed found my way into deeper connection with the town where I live at present and in another way altogether, a deeper connection with myself in that way that only doing things outside your comfort level, and for others around you, can do.
It's going to be a GREAT event! If you're in Northern California this weekend you should stop by P-Town on Sunday and check it out for yourself. As for me... I'm going to be REALLY GLAD for this week to end so I can get back to WORK.
