And in other holy shit news, I have now been keeping this blog for 20 years. It wasn't my first; that was created when I was in grad school in North Carolina, then deleted after being in the city for a year since it was a very tumultuous year and some people knew about it who I wished didn't.

I didn't always keep it up. Once the Great Recession hit and I had just fought tooth & nail to be turned permanent it was just panic mode for the next three years. So there is a hiatus there, and that's why, but still, that's 17 years of actively writing here. I can choose a year, and remind myself of where I was mentally, what was causing problems, and the final cave-in when I left NYC during COVID for the Jersey Shore. It's a lot of history, a lot of living, and there is more to come.