From the Salmon

So Jim wonders when I’m coming back. Recently, I’ve wondered that myself.

Well, not too recently. Last week, I was knocked out of commission by a nasty chest cold, and right now, I’m trying to cram the week I missed of work plus the week I was already behind into the next seven days. Which will be a neat trick, considering I still barely have the energy and lung capacity for a regular workload.

But before that… that’s when I wondered about when or if I’d ever get my game back.

Truth be told, I’ve kinda lost my touch. I can’t really explain it. Maybe there’s some First Law of Blogging Dynamics where bloggers who take a break from writing tend to continue not writing. I don’t know. I’m sure if Newton had a blog, he would’ve phrased it better.

I don’t feel like I have much to say right now. The things that used to get the juices flowing now just make me feel tired. And these days, true inspiration just seems so much harder to come by. Plus, near the end there, back when I wrote regularly, it seemed that every time I wrote something with any sort of passion, it just ended up in people yelling at each other. To be honest, a small part of me isn’t terribly eager to find out if that’s still the case. Last, but not least, I’m in a period right now when I’ve spent so much time working on other people’s websites that the last thing I feel like doing is working on my own.

So to Jim and the handful of you who stop by from time to time: will I be back? Probably.

When will that be? I’m sorry, but I just don’t know.