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I know, I know. . . I haven't updated this blog in far too long. Almost two months.

That's a good thing. Really.

It's now five months post-surgery and my physical therapy schedule has left me with little energy except for getting work done for a couple of clients and a pro bono slideshow I'm doing for a friend. Everything else has taken a back seat.

It's what I was asking for, I guess. Wasn't it? Normalcy. A rhythm for daily living. (Thanks! I think I got it!)

Aside from a hectic therapy and medical schedule to get me back to health and keep me there, my life is just beginning to feel normal. Not quite. But it's getting there.

The upshot is, I'm feeling better. Stronger. Healthier. And happier. Oh, I definitely have some issues I still deal with on a daily basis -- some that may never get better or go away -- but life is good and getting "gooder."

I'm getting back into an old activity that had almost become a distant memory -- photography. My little point-and-shoot is getting a real workout and I'm making some really beautiful photographs.


My friend, Ric, asked me to put through its paces a new digital SLR he bought and was unsure about keeping and, boy, did I! It's made me realize what I've been missing for so long. . . a way to express my point of view and to create images that others might even want to hang on their living room walls.

I still have a lot of work to do to make enough money to buy one of these honkers -- on top of getting back to some sort of firm financial ground -- so any referrals for web design, print design, writing, or creative project management you can send my way would be greatly appreciated.

As always, it's good to hear from friends. Several have written lately who I haven't talked to in a while and it brings me a lot of joy.

Conversation has turned toward more mundane things and away from the crisis talk that comes with having cancer. It's good to talk about things that have absolutely nothing to do with my health.

One conversation I'm having a lot lately is with God. Never particularly religious, I find that talking to a power outside of and greater than myself is not only engaging but supremely comforting.

So, that's what's going on in my life, lately. I see a doctor at Parkland next week about the CT scan I had last month and find out the results of that. I expect good news.

Thanks for hangin' with me.