Blogger's Block

My last few entries from this past September range from a crop report from my family's farm and a review of our friend Clay's hot dog stand (still going strong), to a live account of a night spent with murderers and a memorial on the anniversary of an awful day.  Then I stopped blogging.

I can't recall now exactly when or how inertia set in--maybe after spending a sleepless night posting about escaped convicts lurking around our block, the discovery of a good old burger joint on a road trip just didn't seem blog-worthy anymore.  I did sit out the election blog-wise, and for a couple of rhetorically overheated months there didn't seem to be much else to talk about or any other way to talk about it.  Then work got busy, and because I'm lucky to have a job that comes with plenty of interesting ideas for me to research and write about, I didn't really miss doing the same thing here.  That, and it was enough just to keep up with all the fascinating new voices sprouting up all over the Montana Blogmap.

But after a while, I started to notice the things that passed by unblogged, without the gratifying little bit of extra thought it takes to fill a few lines in a TypePad prompt:  the Inaugural Ball's transformation of our town into a citywide prom, the exquisite lamb dish served in a tiny Bozeman bakery by an inspired young chef, and even our puppy's playing the class clown at obedience lessons.  I began to miss sitting in on the virtual kaffeeklatsch, hearing the kinds of comments that could come right out of a 7am breakfast table at the No Sweat, the Western, or Stella's.  And occasionally people who we never even knew read our blog would tell us they missed it.

Then Autumn--who had kept this thing afloat for months without me--returned to blogging last week with a little newsflash of our own, and friends old and new popped up to welcome our blog back, making us feel like we never left.  So, with much encouragement from my wife, I'm going to join her again to try to pull together and share some of those unblogged things here.  But not tonight because it's getting late.

(And yes, I do plan to update the Montana Blogmap, so if you've got a blog in Montana let me know where we can find you.)

Comments

[Sarpy Sam]

I was wondering what had happened to you. Good to hear from you again.

[Scheherazade]

Glad you both are back.

S

[Jim]

Good news!

[Jim]

How's the practice going?

[Charlie]

Welcome back, Leonardo!

[Jonathan]

Tony, I really missed your writings. I was actually really sad every time I'd check to see if you guys were writing, only to find the same old fascinatingly old already read old stories. About every two weeks, maybe when I'm on call at the hospital, I'd find your page to see what was up with you in Montana. I was thrilled to see all of the new posts. Keep it up.

I was also glad to chime in on Autumn's nasal issues. Let me know if I can be of any rhinologic service in the future.

And as we've discussed, maybe someday I'll be able to start blogging myself. Lord knows I've got things to say, and interesting stories to share from my medical life and my family.