At this point I have been writing in some form or fashion for the majority of my life. I’ve dabbled in poetry and short stories, even tried to write a novel or few(all abandoned), and I have been journaling and blogging since 2003. Professionally I’ve written a number of whitepapers and more technical reports than I can remember. Hell I’ve even written scripts and at least part of one screenplay. Yet if someone asked me “are you a writer?” my instinctual response would be no, which would be a factually inaccurate statement. I’m not entirely sure where that is coming…

It’s interesting to me how life manages to repeat in so many ways yet still be so different. Twenty years ago I was going through a period of significant discovery, starting to truly learn who I was on some fundamental level as an adult for the first time, and getting plenty of things wrong in the process. I was experimenting with my identity and almost grasped some of my identity as a non-binary person before I was led astray for many years. I was still doing circus arts, and chasing my dream, but I was struggling to stay afloat. Ten…

I have been meaning to set up something like this for a while. I wanted a place where I can more directly share my thoughts and reflections, preferably without the intermediaries of mainstream social media sites. I’m new to WordPress so I imagine there will be plenty of large theme/etc changes coming up as I learn to shape this site into what I wish for. So far some of my reflections I suspect will include: There will be plenty else likely, but for now I am going to focus on keeping the challenge of posting as low as I can,…