It’s now officially been Too Long™ since I’ve published a single word. Three years if anyone’s been counting. I certainly have.
Truth be told it’s been nearly that long since I’ve written anything either. Oh, I’ve started many a project. But for various and sundry reasons, they’ve all fizzled out and been filed away in that ever-growing someday folder.
I’ve even convinced one of my favourite authors to co-write with me. Don’t ask me how, but I somehow managed to get her to agree to my idea. We have an exciting concept and the bare bones of an outline.
But, as is the way of the world, life has had the audacity to get in the way. Family deaths, illnesses, day jobs… Honestly? How rude.
It’s not all doom and gloom, though. Oh no – far from it. You see, this city mouse has done sold her townhouse in downtown Toronto and moved to the country!
Official Country Mouse Status:
Achievement Unlocked.
My husband and I both work from home and, post-COVID, we realized we no longer did any of the things or took advantage of any of the luxuries that living where we did afforded us. So why the HELL were we staying in the city?! We were paying downtown prices for a teeny tiny townhouse, when we could could be living anywhere.
So we sold our home of 15 years and bought our perfect forever home: a beautiful bungalow on 5 acres of the dreamiest Canadian Shield, complete with swaths of exposed Precambrian rock and forest, dozens of stunning perennials planted by the previous owner, and wildlife at every turn. Throw in the small bog along part of the treeline and I now live in the perfect setting to transition to forest witch/swamp hag.
Oh, and said witch/hag plans to open up that previously mentioned folder and get back to writing.
That is so amazing! Wha t an exciting new journey!
Thanks! Nothing like a 180-degree life pivot to shake things up. LOL.