Why Is This Here!

For more than 20 years I blogged on Typepad. I would often neglect my blog for long periods of time, only to return to my old friend when a needed a place to put my writing. There is something about putting my written thoughts out into a public space that forces me to think coherently.

When Typepad announced it was closing on September 30, 2025, I found myself without a home for my thoughts. For about 18 months I had been adding posts reflecting on growing up in a big family in the 1950s and 1960s. I have titled the work as looking “over my shoulder.” This reflects that time has past, and I must look back to catch a glance of what my life looked like back in my youth. It is my stated intent to end these glimpses into my life when I finished college and began my adult life. With every post, however, more memories flood back pushing the end off further and further. It is still my intent to finish when I got my college diploma. It may take time for me to complete this effort. Memories do not come in neat little packets or in sequential order. I have made an effort to organize my thoughts, but admittedly I have failed. It will take brutal editing to make this into a coherent memoir. Stay tuned, buckle up and enjoy the ride.