Bats in our Belfry . . . Taking a “Blogcation”

Like a pimply faced teenager taking his first gangly steps into manhood, I am going to do my best to settle back into this project, but do bear with me if I trip over my feet a bit. Pitiful really . . . the amount of time I have put into this project only to let it slip through my fingers like sands through an hourglass. The truth is this little “Blogcation” (Blogging Vacation) was a long time coming. I use the term “Blogcation” as my own personal jab at the sickeningly mundane way we seem to abuse the English language these days with stupid...

Breaking the Silence: Re-Patriatism by Fire and the Elephant that Survived it ALL

Though I have yet to mentally or emotionally sort through the past few months of my life, it feels like it is time to clear my throat. I left for Spain with two posts in incubation and unfortunately they still haven’t hatched. I desperately wanted to have them published before moving on, but we will just have to take things out of chronological order for the time being. Our time here in France is nearly at an end and this final exhale feels a bit like dying. If I am to be honest, I wouldn’t have expected this to be the case. There have been...

Spain, Spain Go Away. I Really Miss My Wife Today

Chester See - God Damn You're Beautiful by Kyz...

Catching up...

Days 10-13: I don’t know how he finds the time to write so often!  I let it go for a few days because I had no response and honestly I’m beat.  Now I know why he gets so frustrated when no one says anything!  Besides, this single parenting stuff is  a lot of work with no time left for yourself- including time to write… So I’ll try to summarize a few days together to get back on track.  Day 10- boring. Got up, went to school, came home, had dinner, did the dishes and went to bed.  Day 11- repeat of day 10 plus a...

Hijacking the blog

Thanks to the hubby who provided the password, here are my "posts" from the last week... Hijacking the Jack Butler Blog… 8/30/12 Well, I thought about hijacking the Jack Butler blog but given my lack of knowledge of blogger and the password I guess this email list will have to work.  While Jack is trekking across Spain I’m going to keep a brief synopsis of the goings on around the house.  I know it always makes me feel better to read what’s going on at home while I’m on the road so this is my attempt to return the favor.  Now beware...

Cross-training for a Literary Remix

Though I have been absent, my mind is never too far from this project. My time is consumed these days with all things “Camino”, so I can’t seem to set aside any meaningful time to write. Hours of lonely training sessions gives me ample time to cook shit up, but my energy level by the end of the day insists that I sleep rather than type. I have tried on several occasions, but the result is always the same. I end up face down on my keyboard with at least three or four lines of the following: “aposdifj;lekmm,maadpfjpiejfopijepoijjdlfkoiieiilasliwuueproiqkjgjgpirrfk”....

The Pinteresting Story of a Burger King Girl and her McDonalds Guy

As is probably fairly obvious from the lack of content posted of late, I am in a bit of a slump. I tried to work through it in a more organized fashion and found myself about half way through a first draft, ready to hang myself with my undershorts. Fortunately, I seem to have plucked just the right stone from the dam and the entire wall has come down. The flood of content that is forthcoming is going to drown me if I don’t keep writing, so I apologize in advance for the weeks of silence followed by this manic increase in production. At present,...

Back in Time: Pictures of a Bastille Birthday in a 4 Inch Frame

Having only recently freed the stopper in the bottle in which I have kept my words for the past three weeks, it is now time to play a little catch up. Forgive me if this is a bit out of chronological order, but the following few posts need to be purged so that I can move forward. Unfortunately, by the time I finally get things back in order I will be absent for another month while I seek adventure in Northern Spain. Still, I am encouraged because my mood is lifting and I am starting to feel like myself again. Hang in there and hopefully you...