another moment in time

as it so often happens, a quiet moment with time to reminisce. that’s what i have tonight. time to slip in a cd from years ago and simply get a chance to listen to it all the way through.

this time it’s purple rain. geez, how many times listening to different parts of this this cd, heck it was a cassette tape back in 1984 , while cruising along in the car on a summer night. that’s an example that most all of us can remember isn’t it?

sometimes with friends, sometimes just out for a ride all alone. windows down, breeze blowing through the car, tunes rocking out. good memories for sure.

i happened to reach this stage of life in western wisconsin. there were so many back country roads to explore and so many evenings out driving. i think i drove most all of ‘em. at any rate, its the memories related to these old songs that bring a person back.

working my way back

i’m working my way back to you; to my blog that is. this could easily be my third post here on a space for words about losing focus, but it won’t be this time! my emphasis of late has been to work hard on getting back into the writing groove.

to this end, i’ve spooled up more tunes, some old, some new, that help me disengage from the goings-on around me and help to induce that inner contemplation that helps me start thinking and dreaming.

the dreaming is the important part. i remember as a teen back in the early 1980s driving around, listening to some of these tunes, with the windows down the breeze blowing my hair and the world before me.

i had the good fortune to grow up out in the country – western wisconsin to be specific. these good times defined who i was ultimately to become, and more importantly shaping the very foundations of my beliefs.

one of those beliefs is in hard work. i believe it’s time for some of that hard work, getting back to where i want to be.