The Kelpies Have Had Me Stuck

Hello there magical beings, I’ve missed you. Once again it has been far longer than I intended since I’ve checked in with you. I have a list of almost a half dozen blog ideas I want to share and ruminate on, and I’ve started a little piece of creative writing as well to metaphorically dip my toes back into the lake in that regard, hoping there aren’t any kelpies about to drown me. It seems though lately like whenever I start to make headway toward life calming down, when I roll up my sleeves and say “okay, now I’m going to sit down and work on some of my writing I want to do,” something or another will always happen. Everything from an emotional struggle reemerging that makes me mentally incapable of focusing on writing, to last night, a sudden sickness brought on by, I suspect, bad fruit from the store. Point being, the universe hasn’t seemed to want me to write lately. Or maybe I was supposed to fight past it and do it anyway. But I honestly haven’t been able to.

But have you ever reached a breaking point where you want to do something so badly, and the world just seems to be blocking your path, so you finally just say “enough! If it’s good or it’s bad, even if I just type-vomit out a handful of words, (or swipe a few brushstrokes, or pull thread through fabric a few times) I have to make a start again toward this. It’s making me too frustrated not to.” That’s the point I find myself at now. 

I suppose you can consider this bit of writing to be my way of dipping my toes back into the lake of blog writing. I may not be ready yet to tackle subjects like “Inclusive Pagan Ritual,” “Learning From Cinnamon Roll Fictional Characters,” or “The Dangerous Myth of the Solitary Romantic Influencer,” (teaser for potential upcoming blog post topics) but I have missed you all, and I want to write something!

I also wanted to make sure I mentioned just how much all of your responses to my recent blog posts have meant to me. I’m especially looking at all of you who wrote such incredible and moving comments to my post a couple of months ago announcing a recent personal trauma (that is ongoing and the healing and recovery will be a long-term thing for me). Although I was so overwhelmed I wasn’t able to respond to every comment, please know that I read every single one, and cried at most of them. 

I’m curious as I start to work through my list of potential blog topics now…what would you want to see more of from me on this platform? More creative fiction? More art? More home décor conversations (I’m obsessed right now with building up my Halloween decoration collection)? Something else? Please feel free to comment below! And stay tuned for more of my ramblings and creative sharings as I battle my way toward writing them!