I started blogging at Caring Bridge the day after my initial breast cancer diagnosis, in December 2011, and I continued blogging for about a year.  I closed the blog provisionally in December 2012, noting that renewal of the blog would only occur if my cancer returned.  Well, so far as I know I remain in remission, but it’s nonetheless time to start blogging again.  I haven’t exactly been silent in the past twenty months,  but I have lost touch with some people who were following the Caring Bridge blog.  Further, I have missed having an outlet for my observations, rants, and ruminations.  So, having been encouraged by kind readers of the previous blog, I have created this one.

I initially thought a blog would need a theme, but I’ve decided to let any themes emerge from whatever I wind up writing.  I also thought a blog needed a clever title, but I decided to follow the advice I give the students in my English classes and just start writing.  I’ll figure out a title later.

This blog is open to the public, which comes with risks but also opportunities.  You are free to share posts with others.  I will be respecting the privacy of my family, friends, and colleagues, so if you are in one or more of those categories you need not worry that I will be revealing your secrets or foibles.  I invite comments from all, but ask that all comments are courteous and respectful.  I don’t expect readers to agree with everything I say, but I do expect readers who oppose same-sex marriage and think I’m an abomination to find more congenial reading material and avoid commenting in this space.