it's been a while since I've written here, at least anything of note.  months have come and gone and this blog has been left by the wayside.  it was never my wish to be gone for this long, but it inevitably happened.

over the last 9 months or so, I've been contemplating change.  a change in my writing style, in my motivations, in my path--a change in my life.  the reality was that I had become complacent and content to simply stand where I was, consistently doing the things that I did, and felt nothing because of it.  I hadn't become cold, just indifferent.  no theatrics, no drama, no drive...no real strong positive or negative emotions to spur any literary desire or growth.

I realize that the cavity that I had carved out for myself to be comfortable, worked out too well.  it was too homey and easy, and that only made me lazy and devoid of any spark.  so a number of months ago, I planned on performing a full migration to a fully built personal site to help me consolidate a good portion of my work.  I wanted to do something to snap me out of this listless funk, but never really took the initiative to do it.

so here we are, October 2008.  I finally put myself in gear and put up my own personal site, which will be the only blog I shall keep from now on.  this new site will be used to consolidate all of my work from various sites, over the last 10 years.  you'll probably recognize some of my previous work--things that you have read before.  but I'm sure that you'll come across pieces of writing that you've never read, as well as photographs I've taken over the years.

you'll notice a number of sections in this new site, and I hope that readers will be able to navigate it without a problem.  I'm also incorporating a standard blog, where I can write and babble about nonsensical thoughts and observations; things that won't be in any way connected to the poetry or prose that I tend to write.  it will take some time to fully populate this new site, but I hope that you'll take the time to follow along as I grow into this next stage in my life.

I thank those subscribers/readers who have stayed with me all these years, and I will continue to log in to read and comment everyone else's blogs.  as for my own my writing, I will be moving on.  you can now find me here...