Circling back around

The two-year "Solar Dance eclipse" appears to be over....what's coming now?

So, yeah. Just as this ‘Stack began to achieve lift-off in late 2022, things changed. Life happens, doesn’t it? It’s been great, though it hasn’t involved much outward-focused activity, or any new writing. With the coming of spring, it seems all that’s shifting, and I’m looking forward to continuing the same dual quest I outlined at the start. Through these years, I’ve certainly been well-nourished as a reader by the Substack community. So boundless thanks for that!

A couple key things to share as things get rolling:

First and foremost, never fear: most of the posts I have lined up will be shorter than those first two big seasonal Solar Dance pieces. I realize it’s an “out there” topic in more ways than one—for starters, just orienting to these larger scales I’m pointing toward can be daunting. So, having set the stage with a couple of big-picture canvases, I’ll aim to dole out smaller nuggets in the coming weeks. (Mostly!?)

I’ve been playing with all this since the turn of the century, and more intensively for about a decade prior to the launch here. By mid-2022, I’d pulled it together enough to have a decent outline for a book. As for many others, Substack will be a place to draft sections of the material toward that goal.

Meanwhile, I’ll be firing up the second thread, dubbed Always Beginning Now. These essays and shorter reflections are grounded in the earthly realm—though they may nod occasionally to the embracing expanses beyond, as this mobile bit of earth’s skin ponders embodiment, presence in local and continental landscapes, and the diaphanous quality we call identity. But most simply, these old and new pieces provide some more familiar ground from which the Solar Dance material is quite truly a natural extension.

If you like what you see, please spread the word! While a few hardy souls subscribed during the “eclipse,” I’m pretty much starting from scratch. Thanks!

(Photo of last fall’s fleeting comet, from here in southern Maine)