Chitchat...

Yesterday afternoon I got inspired to change a few things on the site.  Nothing big, I just added and subtracted a bit, moved and repositioned some stuff.  I have trouble with ruts.  Once you're in one, it's exceedingly hard to climb out, so I try to shake things up before I can't see daylight.  

Nowadays, my changes are just little things--like the blog, my hair, moving furniture.  When I was younger I never kept a job longer than five years, sometimes way less, I moved houses, towns, states and even countries.  I'm not sure why I shudder at sameness, revel in upheaval, fight the ruts in my road.  It's just who I am, I guess.

And when was the last time, dear readers, that you went through your blog rolls?  I realized a couple of mine weren't even valid anymore, and I've been on other sites, clicked a link, and the blog was gone. You know what they say: If you haven't worn it in a year, time to get rid of it. 

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I've been having some serious issues with Blogger of late.  After I post, I'm getting stacks of the page piling up like a deck of cards after winning a game of Hearts.  I've tried every bloody trick I know, but nothing has worked.  I thought it was time to dump Blogger and get an actual website, or maybe go to WordPress or something, then yesterday, wondering if I really wanted to tackle that whole scenario, I accidentally opened my browser with Firefox instead of IE.  

And suddenly, I'm not having any hangups, or dancing playing cards, or Internet Explorer is not responding messages.  Holy crap, could it be that simple?  And yeah, so far it could.  The big test will come when I publish this post--my first after switching to Firefox, though I did Shot of the Week this morning with no problem.

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I'm going to work on the next installment of the serial today/tomorrow.  The characters are rioting in my head and I want to relax to read my new book at some point this weekend so I have to shut them up.  I might be dragging my feet a wee bit because the end is coming and I've spent so much time on this project, with these people, and their story, it will be bittersweet to let them go their own way. 

Still.  I wrote the first post on December 18th, 2012--nearly a year already?--and it's time for something new. 

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Walking along the river this morning with the boys, it was the first really cold day, with a bite in the air coming off the water.  Pretty soon I'll have to carry Kleenex in my pockets for the runny nose I always get in cold weather.

As we were meandering, I spied another cave on the other side of the river.  This makes three in as many weeks.  I'll have to file that tidbit away to think about later.  (Omens, don't you know).

Reflections...