Full Circle – Almost!

When I started blogging back in 2014, I was living in a beautiful spot in the Adelaide foothills. The nine years I lived there was the longest I have ever lived in one house and I felt established, with a sense of place and belonging. It was a wrench leaving.

Fast forward seven years and fate has brought me back to within a stones-throw from that house. The neighbourhood has changed somewhat since I left in 2016, so it doesn’t feel too odd to be back.

During those seven years, my life changed in ways I never foresaw. The world shifted on its axle and took me to ‘places’ I never expected to go. As a result, my inspiration dried up and this wombat stayed well and truly in her burrow for many, many months.

I recently read a post from Deb’s World ‘How do bloggers decide what to write’ which resonated with me. I realised that I had been stuck in a mental fug, wondering if I should pour my emotional journey to those ‘places’ onto the pages of this blog. And that’s where I stayed – stuck with that decision to make.

I started this blog for many of the reasons Debbie outlines. Before long I had a virtual community of like-minded people around me, stretching right across the world. I shared experiences and my love of photography with people from all walks of life – it was enriching.

I’ve come to realise that certain topics are also off-limits for this over-sharer, and so today, I draw a line in the virtual sand and ditch the emotional load I thought was destined for these pages.

It’s time to move on, to resume the creativity I had come to enjoy so much and reconnect with the virtual community once again.

Enough now.