ok, so here's the thought behind this blog--
I've maintained semi-regular contact with a few friends from college-- a time which is more than half a life-time past. We've all moved along on along our respective paths. The group includes a professor, two teachers, a public health worker, and a musician/writer. These labels are not necessarily that accurate and certainly don't fairly categorize or some up who we've become, but maybe just a jumping-off spot? We're spread across the country and out-of-the-country as well...
It's an "interesting" time-- this 49th year (more or less.) Some of us have "been through it", others are embarking on new projects, new work... I mean, hell-- this part is challenging to put in words. But managing all our stuff-- keeping things afloat and our heads above water-- that's a given.
The things we have in common: we've hit that 49th year, we all know each other-- we were at the same school for a period of time around 30 years ago. We're also dudes.
If we're lucky, these are our middle years. Some of us have been out of school for over two decades. We have all been walking our unique professional, personal, social and spiritual paths-- and that gets to the crux of it, I believe.
I'm creating a space for 4-5 different guys to check in, write, share what's happening in our worlds. Musings, mullings-over, events and occasions, jobs and work, partners and love and loss, music and books, ideas and epiphanies, light and sorrow, good times and hard times-- the all of it, as my own partner says.
So... the rules? I don't care much for rules--
post what you like:
writing and photos, lists and links, whatever...
change up the background or format if you like
I'm just kicking this off but if you join in, it's our project, not mine
respond however you like, or not at all
put forth another topic or just write
-t
I've maintained semi-regular contact with a few friends from college-- a time which is more than half a life-time past. We've all moved along on along our respective paths. The group includes a professor, two teachers, a public health worker, and a musician/writer. These labels are not necessarily that accurate and certainly don't fairly categorize or some up who we've become, but maybe just a jumping-off spot? We're spread across the country and out-of-the-country as well...
It's an "interesting" time-- this 49th year (more or less.) Some of us have "been through it", others are embarking on new projects, new work... I mean, hell-- this part is challenging to put in words. But managing all our stuff-- keeping things afloat and our heads above water-- that's a given.
The things we have in common: we've hit that 49th year, we all know each other-- we were at the same school for a period of time around 30 years ago. We're also dudes.
If we're lucky, these are our middle years. Some of us have been out of school for over two decades. We have all been walking our unique professional, personal, social and spiritual paths-- and that gets to the crux of it, I believe.
I'm creating a space for 4-5 different guys to check in, write, share what's happening in our worlds. Musings, mullings-over, events and occasions, jobs and work, partners and love and loss, music and books, ideas and epiphanies, light and sorrow, good times and hard times-- the all of it, as my own partner says.
So... the rules? I don't care much for rules--
post what you like:
writing and photos, lists and links, whatever...
change up the background or format if you like
I'm just kicking this off but if you join in, it's our project, not mine
respond however you like, or not at all
put forth another topic or just write
-t
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