"Falling Man" (Gold Butte, Nevada), by Kenneth Johnson
As Robert Plant once said, "It's been a long time since I wrote in my blog."
Fatherhood, jobs and whatnot have kept me frantically busy and away from the online project I envisioned at the end of 2008. I have interpreted 13 months of inactivity as a definitive sign that the project will not get underway soon. It is time to shelve hope (a common practice these days), and do what one can do.
Let me 'splain 2009. No... there is too much, let me sum up:
I spent the first nine months of this year being run ragged by employment and fatherhood. Thankfully, I was able to sneak in some joyful, notable events: I kept up with my running, including the ING Half-Marathon and The Peachtree Road Race (10k). We traveled to New Orleans for a Liberty Fund conference. I escaped to Baltimore to see the Chelsea / AC Milan soccer match. We visited Sewanee twice. I traversed the country by train, from Atlanta to Tucson.
In October, I turned 40 - thank you, thank you - and celebrated by writing two articles that were published. The first was on the subject of the 17th Amendment and was printed in Roll Call. The second addressed specific questions of morality in the health care debate and was printed in The American Thinker.
Then, at the end of October, I learned that I would have to leave GSU at the end of the year as a result of the university's accreditation process (too many non-Ph.D.s) and everything stopped - again. A full-court job hunt began. It was like having a third (or if you count parenthood, a fourth) job.
The year ended well, with a family (Truslow / Ferguson) Christmas trip to Jekyll Island, Georgia.
2010 will be filled with all sorts of exciting changes, fo' shizzle. I expect so many changes that I doubt I can keep everyone informed... unless I blog it. Watch for right-side updates this week.
So, here we are again.
