So what if it has been almost a year since I last posted on this blog? After all, doesn’t being “free to say” mean I’m also at liberty not to say anything if I don’t want to? (those of you who have known me understand what a preposterous notion that is)
Not that I haven’t wanted to. It’s just that slippery issue of time keeps cropping up. Full disclaimer: I’ve certainly had more than enough free time to write, if I chose. For some reason, however, I’ve found myself thinking much more about writing than actually committing to write.
Perhaps because my life changed with the addition of a new love (well, not exactly new anymore; we’ve been partners since August, 2009), I have committed myself to weaving my old yarns within the new adventures he and I have had. And yes, we’ve had more than a few adventures. One in particular: I have finally lived out that fantasy I mentioned in last year’s post:
One day soon I will sport monster platform shoes and perform a classic David Bowie song.
Now I am routinely performing Bowie’s Space Oddity and belting out Aimee Mann’s Thirty-One Today in a rock band. Not wearing platform shoes, but sporting funky boots nonetheless.
I’ve rationalized some of my inattention to the act of writing by assuring myself I’m adding “new material” to the scrap bag of memories, observations, and anecdotes I’ve spun in my prior posts.
But I suppose it is time to commit to writing again when my love earnestly says to me, “Freda, I think you should write in your blog; it’s good therapy for you.” Good therapy, indeed.
Drawing back into the far reaches of rock and roll memories, I’ve concluded that there is no time like the present to get started writing. Think about any number of musical references to the topic:
Time Has Come Today . . . No Time Left for You . . . Time Is On My Side . . . Time in a Bottle . . . Time After Time . . . By the Time I Get to Phoenix . . . Feels Like the First Time . . . Big Time Sensuality . . . Let the Good Times Roll . . . Haven’t Got Time for the Pain . . . Love Me Two Times . . . Time Out of Mind . . . Big Time . . . The Times They Are a-Changin’ . . . Time of the Season . . . For the Good Times . . . Time Won’t Let Me . . . Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? . . . Born at the Right Time . . . The Longest Time . . . Time Warp . . . Man Out of Time . . . The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face . . . The Last Time I Saw Richard . . . Time Waits for No One . . . Any Time At All . . . Too Much Time On My Hands . . . .
Enough already. It’s about time.
