westerling

I just spent the last hour and a half making changes and pulling things from LJ to put here, including a large number of userpics and my bio and interests. I remember making that list of interests back in 2003 and editing it over the years, but mostly neglecting it for ages. I added a few things, but I haven't deleted anything yet, though I do notice where my feelings on some things have shifted. I've neglected a lot over the last few years as I focused on child-rearing and my job. Those interests are things that I need to re-explore now that the fledgling has flown the nest. I need to re-identify myself, 6 years later. Things that seemed terribly important in 2003 are now overshadowed by current events and the darkness that we face daily.

This journal is 14 years old, although I have not posted much since 2011. Many changes since then, and I lost the habit of writing and reflecting, in part because responsibilities ate me alive.

But now I am delighted to see a number of old friends here on DW. This will be my primary journal from now on (inasmuch as I will write again--who knows?), because I never accepted LJ's new terms of service when the servers moved, and I'm not sure I ever will.