Getting back on the high wire

No one is reading this.

Why would they? Who wants to spend over two years checking some random blog for an update? Yup, it turns out my last post here was in 2009. I started "Suburban Acrobat" for myself, anyway. It was a place where I could go to record my thoughts and feelings. It was a place where I could live up to what I call myself, a writer.

I didn't give up the writing completely. Instead, I funneled most of my publishing into "...On the Movie," my companion blog dedicated to film reviews, a format I've been writing and getting published in since my college days. And I've enjoyed doing that and am thankful for the ten people who signed up to follow that blog, along with any others who jump in when I post links to Facebook or Twitter.

But I kept thinking about this blog. Was it supposed to be a place where a dad published his musings of raising two children? A creative writing place? The diary of a man in his late 30s?

I've figured out that since this blog is for myself, I have to let it be all of those things at the same time. So now that I've made that self-discovery, the suburban acrobat is getting back on the high wire, ready to juggle all of his interests and ideas. And I'll figure out a system for keeping them organized here so that in the event that you're a visitor actually reading this, you can read the things that you are interested in.

No more confusion, disappointment or shame. This is my blog, and I'm back. For myself.