And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on the drum like it was the bosses head.

–Todd Rundgren, Bang The Drum All Day, from “The Ever-Popular Tortured Artist Effect”

As I write this, you’ll have seen nothing from me since the 11th, but here on the 23rd my job is to make good on that. The job is already in process. During the yearly trip down to the Valley of Paradise (the name is largely ironic) I drafted posts for three days as I went, and I’ll start with those. After I got back, for the week of 15-22, I got caught up in considering some alternative ways of living, and I’ll share them. It’s not how I want to handle things typically, but it’ll do under the circumstances–better than letting the week fall away completely as I did at the first of the year.

It’s the work of re-committing and I offer it in that spirit.