"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." Robert Burns, "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough", 1785.
Clearly my blogging plans went agley for the past several years. And now I'm back...peeking around my blog to see if everything is still where I left it, brushing the cobwebs from the corners, and finding a few mouse-nibbled holes where links have disappeared or now return a 404.
My original intent for this blog was to create a space to express myself in writing, and to develop a catalog of resources and ideas that speak to my interest in words, linguistics and computers. Somehow I lost sight of my need for this mental and virtual space - I guess I became caught up in the day-to-day activities of the past several years, the intensity of working with the wonderful international students and staff at my last job, and the life events of buying our first home, getting married, losing close family members, and regaining others.
Now with career changes in progress for both me and His Geekness, I've rediscovered the urge (and need) to occupy an online presence... and I've realized how much I miss writing. Bear with me while I dust off my lexicon, stretch my creative fingers, and reconnect the "writer" wiring in my brain. Perhaps that has been mouse-nibbled too.
