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I don’t know why I entitled this post the way I did, nor do I know why now after months of ignoring this site I’m planning a redesign.

Could it be that now I’ve quit my job I have so much more time that I can actually think, and now translate that into writing?

Not sure.

I have enough actual work to do to keep me busy; what with the music store, my guitar students, the publishing company we’ve just started, and everything else that I was already involved in.

It seems so much easier now, though. No longer working for wages, wondering exactly how we’ll make it. Even with all the questions life is better. Is it faith? Stupidity?

Probably some fluctuating combination of the two.

Regardless, I apologise for my neglect, especially to my brother Nick. I think Letters from Outer Space was my idea even. It’s been over two months since we’ve corresponded.

There’s a lot of life that I have to catch up on. I hope to keep you all involved in the process.

Robert Jordan is dead.

Although I’ve known it was coming, the news still happens to shock me. I have been reading his Wheel of Time fantasy series for at least ten years now. Reading one book and waiting axiously a year or more for the next to be published. His stories have taken me away to a world of imagination and magic. They have given me a reprieve from real life when it was needed and a whole new universe to explore. His worlds were as detailed and intricate as Tolkien’s and as deeply real as Herbert’s.

His expiration brings a little sadness to me, but joy as well as I read the letters of others who feel the same as I do, and as I remember the journeys he took me on with his words. I am truly thankful for his dedication to his art and the mastery with which he executed it.

Mr. Jordan, I cannot wait to share you with my children.

Wordpress.  Why?  For a few reasons, I guess.  Mainly I think I just wanted something new. After a couple of years of tweaking around with Movabletype, I’ve decided to move on to new territory.  It was totally not an emotional decision.  For the for the first time in quite a while, I’m pretty happy with a cookie-cutter website.  The guys over at K2 have worked really hard at getting a great functional base down, as well as a great-looking default stylesheet, and I’m glad to enjoy the fruits of their labors.  Anyway, now that I have a functional new CMS, I hope to write a bit more.  Of course, that’s always the dream isn’t it?

I think I copied over all the permalinks for the RSS feeds, but I’m not sure.  If someone who typically reads me in Newsfire or GoogleReader or any other RSS reader please be so kind as to drop a comment so that I know I’m being heard?

If I don’t get any I might have to resort so sending out some e-mail; and nobody wants that right?  Thanks in advance