FREEDOM! For Six Weeks

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Hello again, Reader,

I am home!

Forty-six days later I’m back in the north, where summer has come humid and rainy. As I look out the window of my lovely girlfriend’s rental apartment window, the sky is a mix of brilliant white and dark gray. Trees are fat with emerald leaves, and a fleet of summer birds hop from canopy to canopy, competing in their personal song competitions, creating a wonderful choir that is the tune of summer. The air is sweet with pollen and the calming scent of wet everything.

I’m the type of guy that sweats on humid days by just sitting and taking it easy, but I’m not complaining. I can’t express how wonderful the sound of rustling leaves, (one of my favorite sounds in the world), and birdsong is after six and a half weeks aboard a hulk of iron and electricity; constat vibration and, at times, rocking and rolling to the waves.

I do believe in grounding in some measure, for the feeling of plopping my bare feet into a patch of dirt and/or grass just does wonders for me. Especially if said patch is a little moist from rain or morning dew. This feeling is compounded after the realization that my feet have touched nothing but laminate floors or iron decking through steel-tipped work boots for the better part of one and a half months.

In this way, being at sea in the modern day doesn’t just isolate you from the world in the realms of distance and time, but also from the natural environment itself, e.g. soft surfaces and the like. Once upon a time ships were wood, (and the men were steel), so the thought of walking barefoot on varnished planks doesn’t seem so bad as unyielding metal.

But nonetheless, I’m back home with six weeks at my fingertips to spend as I see fit.

I’ve plans, of course, one of which is to go to the biggest festival in Finland when it comes to the number of attendees, (more on that later), and also to write as much as I can. That, and I’ve decided to spend at least one weekend, (or other three day period from a week), to crank out my thesis, or as much as possible in that timeframe. As I’ve stated before, my goal is to dust my hands clean from school by December, and I plan to see it so.

On the Blog

I didn’t finish that long piece I spoke about last time, but it’s getting there, so you’ll have it next week.

On the Chronologies front, Book five will begin the first draft process either tomorrow or Monday, and man am I excited for the next part!

I hope all of you are having a good start to your summer, be you in school or working your day job. Whatever the case I hope you make time for your dreams and take time once in a while to sit in an old chair with chipped paint in yours or a family member’s backyard with a cup of tea and no technology. It does wonders.

Thank you, Dear Reader, for being here. I’ve noticed from my stats that many of you are from the States and come check on me on Friday’s. Be that due to the time difference or an eager expectation on your part, who can say. I'm grateful nonetheless.

I hope you’ve downloaded The Limbo Chronologies Part 1, Draft 1.0 and are enjoying it. I’ll see you next Saturday!

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