Two Anniversaries
And both blew right by me at the beginning of this month. The first is my anniversary of moving to Minneapolis from Philadelphia, which was seven years ago. The second is the anniversary of the first post on the original Girl Detective, which I started three years ago.
I was reminded of the anniversaries this morning when I saw a house with a roof bashed in by a fallen tree. When I moved to Minneapolis in June, I was stunned to find huge uprooted trees everywhere I looked. It had been a record year for tornados. I’d known to expect bad winters, but bad summers in addition to bad winters seemed like we’d made a poor choice of where to live. Seven years later, I’m very happy with where we live. Tornados are a fact of life in the midwest, but the season is short and I’d much rather have them than earthquakes. We considered moving back to Philly both after Drake was born and when my husband G. Grod was laid off. It’s hard living far from family, but we like living in a politically aware area, with good schools, libraries, lakes, used bookstores, writers, writing classes and events, grocery cooperatives and local businesses like our coffee shop.
Just over three years ago, my friend M. Giant said he’d started a weblog called Velcrometer. What a great way to establish a writing practice, I thought, and quickly followed suit. I now write more, and more regularly, than I ever did before. I have yet to be paid for my writing, but I’m working on two novel manuscripts in addition to this weblog, so perhaps that’s a goal for a future anniversary.
June 12th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Congrats! And thanks for continuing to set a good example.