New blog, new beginnings

I have had a couple of blogs in the past, but this is my first blog with my name on it, reflecting just me..Not a blog for a business, or a group, but just me. Of course I will post links to my various hobbies and writings-especially my writing, because it has recently come into my life again.
It has always been in my life, but not on the scale that it is now. I have written articles in the past on my own websites, mostly to gain some much needed web traffic! This time, I am writing just because I have finally come to realize that I simply love to do it...

As an elementary school student, I remember writing in English class and really enjoying it, especially short stories. I would write and write for hours for a project for class, and in the end I was always proud of what I had accomplished. But more than that, writing seemed to take me to a far-away place, some place that only I could go. It took me to the corners of my mind and beyond, and always just felt good. For whatever reason, I stopped writing the way I had when I was young, and slowly it seemed to vanish from my life. I would on occasion, write in a journal for myself, but I never seemed to keep the discipline to do it on a daily basis.

Recently I began to write articles again....and again..and again...All of the old feelings from my youth seemed to creep back again. The simple pleasure and joy of sitting and writing overwhelmed me once again, and I felt a calmness I hadn't felt for a while. It's the same feeling I use to get when I would sit under a weeping willow tree when young and draw...Just sit, observe, and draw...I still draw, and paint, on occasion, just as I would write on occasion. I am glad I have taken writing up again and it seems to be leading me to places I haven't been before, so we shall see. For now, I am just enjoying the act of writing.