Somehow November slipped by. I meant to write and didn’t which seems to be the story of my life. I’m okay with that. If I was ever able to write as much as I had in me to write, what would I have left to do? It’s the same way with reading. Every time that I go into a library, I see thousands of books that I want to read. I’ll never read them all but that’s okay because if I did, there would be nothing left to look forward to when I went into a library.
November slipped by in part because of the vast amount of change that has happened in my writing life recently. Sometimes change demands your attention and asks that you analyze it, look it, figure it out. In those times, the writing is frequent because it’s a tool used to understand the change. But there are other times when the change is happening at such a deep level that you can’t do anything with it yet. You have to just let it happen. That’s what November has been about for me. It’s been a settling, a stirring, a constant motion that underlies everything I do but can’t yet be articulated.
I was busy in November despite this change. I was busy with the normal work that I do - the blogs, the articles, the news writing. (A post will be up soon with links to my most recent work.) I was also busy with drafting the book on alternative home building that I’m working on. But more than that, I was busy just being. I was busy watching the changes in my work subtly manifets themselves.
As most of you know, some big projects I was involved with ended in the last few months. One was MoKa House, my writing firm. Another that’s been ending - or perhaps evolving - is San Fran Voice. Sales of that site are in the works and I’m not sure if I’ll be resuming my work on it yet or not. I’m waiting to see what happens. Other smaller jobs have ended and begun. That’s what this writing business is all about. It’s about learning from the work and putting the learning to use in new ways.
I’m looking forward to December as a month for more reflection. And I’m looking forward to the beginning of the new year - which will be here before we know it! - as an opportunity for new changes and more exciting things to come.
