We reluctantly return to where we didn’t quite last leave off in our lilac spring, as my website has been down for about a week thanks to the company, Enom, who held my domain name. Apparently the folks there had a difficult time figuring out that I, Alan Ilagan, am the actual owner of alanilagan.com, and it took a full week to convince them that the person running alanilagan.com was in fact Alan Fucking Ilagan. Way more on that later – for now, a recap on what you probably missed, as most of these posts went up the the site was down. Ahh, technology…
I will say this: a mandated break from blogging was precisely what my soul needed, and things will be a little lighter around here come summer. I’ve still got a lot of living to do, and being away from the three-post-a-day grind reminded me how wonderful that was. The universe grants its lessons whether we want them or not, and I’m at the age where I no longer push back against them. This was a good break, reminiscent of the summers I used to take off completely. Not saying I’m going to do that again but not entirely ruling it out either. Visit while I’m still here…
It began in childhood torment, as so many weeks do.
When you ask your fabulous Guncle to be your confirmation sponsor, you get all the fancy accoutrements that go along with such a request.
This is my favorite carpet, even if it doesn’t quite match my drapes.
A giant lilac post for your reading/listening pleasure.
Living slowly, with purpose and intent.
“We all create stories to protect ourselves.” – Mark Z. Danielewski
Paint not by numbers but by nature.
