I’ve been meaning to start blogging here regularly, but have stalled because I felt like I owed a deep, pensive, serious and meaningful post to make up for all the time I haven’t been regularly posting and to make a dent in my ambition. Not to mention, I bought a Mac on the last day of last year and I’ve needed some time to get used to it. Then today I realized I should just jump in a post something before the first month of the year is gone. So here is the result.

Some things to share. Starting on Jan 1, I began reading the Diary of Samuel Pepys. I’ve been reading his daily entries on the corresponding days 350 years later. I’ll be posting my impressions, observations and some quotations through the year. That was my idea, anyway. Turns out it is a fascinating book so far (I’m reading through the first volume, 1660).

Image from Wikipedia.

In less than a week, I’ll be travelling to St. Peter’s Abbey in Saskatchewan to have a 3-week writing retreat, where I hope to get a lot accomplished. Namely, some poems, a few stories and a few essays. I’ve got a bunch of notes, etc. and I’ve been on a bit of a writing roll lately, so I’m hoping my three weeks are productive.

So long, readers, if you exist. I’ll be much more regular now that I’ve got something committed in virtual ink here.