Hello world!

Today is May 11th, and I now have a blog. Finally. Impetus (impeti??):

1. My upcoming trip to India
2. Impending joblessness and a move from Dallas to Seattle
3. A growing feeling of self ridicule at the idea that, as a “writer,” I still didn’t have a blog

So, with any luck I’ll be able to figure this thing out and begin sharing it.

Life is pretty exciting right now. Exciting and scary all at once. More than usual, I mean. The job I’ve had for the past five years is ending next week. I’m moving my cat to Seattle in two weeks, after I move all my stuff out of my apartment and put it in storage. A week later I leave for India for three weeks.

So it’s all about leaving and coming and going. But I think most of all it’s about not having my stuff. That’s really going to be the hardest part, when I think about the dailiness of all this change.

Right now, at this moment, everything I own pretty much has its place. It’s not a lot, but it’s there for me when I need it. In two weeks that will so not be the case. And since I plan to leave most everything here and stay with friends in Seattle until I get a job or have some kind of dependable income, I’m anticipating the state of “not having my stuff” may persist for some time. Months, perhaps.

I’m hoping the trip to India will prepare me. Yeah — like walking through fire prepares you to have your house burn down!