Monday, February 16, 2009

Brass Tacks

Blogging has been an infrequent, if not totally absent, pastime of mine for the last few months now. A bad habit I mean to remedy immediately.

In the time that has past since relocating back to the wine country just north of Santa Barbara from the cement jungle that was Los Angeles, the calmer, less plaguing existence has lead to my participation in life, and not that of the internet. That's not to say that I am about to retreat back to my cave and do nothing but blog again, but there will be more of a balance. Let's recap, shall we??

June 2008 - Said "adios" to the City of Angels, and the lifeless desk job to move back to wine country. Took a 1 week traveling holiday to catch up with a friend in N.Y. and to have a mini university reunion with 3 good friends in San Francisco

July - August 2008 - Immersed myself into the winery, enjoyed several small but gratefully accepted promotions, and began enjoying life in this beautiful valley.
September 2008 - Made a trip to Buffalo, NY (yes, people do visit) to celebrate the first official college football game of Australian punter (and good friend), Peter Fardon with his parents, fresh off the boat from Brisbane.
Moved into a great house share with 3 other girls from the winery, and proceeded to engage in many nights filled with good food, drink, and conversation.

November 2008 - Made my first move into Central America by making a 10 day trip starting in Cancun, Mexico, and traveling across the border into Belize. I spent an amazing week on an island off the coast called Ambergris Caye, exploring the outlaying reef, islands, and climbing my first Maya pyramid. *see below
The New Year has brought with it all new ideas, goals, and motivations to read, write, travel, photograph, and explore this amazing life. Don't worry, not all my blogs will be so grand and vague. I intend to make this a more regular, and thereby (or at least hopefully) a more interesting documentation of my thoughts and movements.

Skip, out.


1 comment:

Natalie Werk said...

I keep checking in to see if you are indeed updating more frequently - alas.