“Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires.” –Charles Caleb Colton
I’m not dead. I’m here. I’m alive and well, mostly present and functional. I’ve been away from this blog for a while, enough for it to be cool, then not-cool, then cool again. Too much has changed; with me, the world, and life. These old posts, it’s drivel. It’s pontificating, mindless bullshit. I’ll allow it to stay there, because I don’t cover up the past.
I’ve been around. I never left, but a lot’s changed. Marriage, kids, a home, two businesses. In the time I’ve been gone, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have been born. What a difference 10 years makes. I’m actually not as fat as I though I’d be by now, but I still am surprised at what time, beer and cheesesteaks will do. I even held the onions once, that didn’t help.
So what’s next? I have a few things in mind. I can’t say with any certainty how much or how often, but there will be life here. And what will be here will be relatable. You may not like me, you may not like what you read, but may be you’ll be interested. And if I’ve kept your attention, then I’ve succeeded.
I’m back because people told me to come back. They’re sick of me having an audience of only a few hundred on Facebook, shouting into the void, and instead have encouraged me to write more here.
The beauty of blogs before social media was that you could simply choose to read this, or choose to pass it by. Delete your bookmark, forget what you read. Social media served up a healthy dose of anxiety; unsubscribe! unfollow! unfriend! There’s no judgement here. Stick around, or leave–the choice is entirely yours without anything binding you. There is no unsubscriptions, unfollowing, or unfriending. You simply stay or go. I’d like for you to hang around a bit.
My name is Jeff, and as the title says, I’m a connoisseur of leisurely things. Slow and steady wins the race, slow and steady is the pace. That’s how I write, that’s how I read, and how I live.
Comments are enabled, and I’ll engage you when I can. I’m not here for arguments, but all [non-spam] comments will be allowed; I believe I don’t have all of the right answers, so I’m always open to other’s rational opinions.
Empathy, kindness, art, music, science, technology, social commentary and the bonds that make us human will be big themes here going forward. Perhaps a recipe or two of a nice steak, or how to fix that pesky dishwasher.
The ability to help and heal by text far outweighs the benefits of not doing it. Time is constant, measuring it is a human construct. Be kind. Be helpful.
Be present.