Howie Balaban: Looking for the Write Stuff

Before anyone says anything, the answer is yes. I am fully aware of several things.

Among those things? I haven't contributed anything written to this site in months. My goal of reading 52 books last year fizzled out with the arrival of spring and all the outdoor work that accompanied it (and I ended up at 33 books). And with those two items fully admitted to, what you're about to read next is either completely out of the question or completely inspired.
Or both. But we'll find out together.

REMINISCING: A Writing Life

If any of you have been paying attention, you’ve noticed that the updates on Niagara’s Watercooler have been a little bit more intermittent than normal. That’s completely my fault. Sometimes life happens, and sometimes I just don’t have “it.” By “it” I mean those moments when I sit down to the computer to write and the ideas just come. This block happens once in awhile but it always ends with a flourish of extra writing.