River: Reflections

[mdlbear]

It's been a long, strange trip. It still is. The journey started three and a half years ago on livejournal, with this post and this song.

It's been quite a while since I was posting regularly on this tag, since I was looking inside and trying to understand myself. Even longer since I really used the river as a metaphor for this journey, or posted about friendship or the care and feeding of geeks. I don't think I've ever gone back and read through the whole thing. I want to change that.

I'd like to make at least one River post every week. Realistically, that's not likely to happen, but it's what I want to aim at.

About two years ago I thought of collecting the best posts and turning them into a book, which would have been called A Year On the River. "Three and a Half Years..." doesn't have the same ring to it, somehow. (No fair mentioning Two Years Before the Mast.) But that's still a possible back-burner project, maybe with crowdfunding.

And less than a week ago, I won a custom icon from the amazing meeks. I love the way she captured the idea of reflecting, which I hadn't even thought about but was obviously there all along. I'm using it for the first time on this post, and hope that it indicates a turning-point both in my posting habits and in my journey of reflection and self-examination.

Come walk with me again? We're about to go around a bend.

Comments

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

You needn't be so precise, perhaps. Round off. MY THREE YEARS WITH EISENHOWER had a certain ring to it. Someone undoubtedly will know a good title with Four Years in it....

[mdlbear]

Of course, if I don't get off my arse it may be a Five Year Plan. Or even The Seven-Year Itch. :)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I will be happy to walk around the bend with you.

And instead of "A Year On The River" how about just "On the River"? Then you don't have to confine yourself to a particular time period or deadline.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

That's plausible; the other possibility would be to just package the first year-and-a-fraction, with a little editing, under the original title.

[bookwyrm172006.livejournal.com]

I look forward to walking the river with you again.

[mdlbear]

Thank you!

Your introspective posts are always fascinating and inspiring to me -- I'm looking forward to your companionship.