Friday 08 May 2026
Why didn’t I say: “Goodbye. I’ll return when I can”?
Why didn’t I say: “I need to pause writing my weekly blogs because….”
I didn’t anticipate my hiatus from this blog site lasting a full year; I thought no longer than four months. Looking through my Spring 2025 blogs, I realize I was leaving very subtle (perhaps too faint and understated) hints that I was going to take a sabbatical. Spring 2025 was a life-changing moment, and honestly, I didn’t comprehend or anticipate fully the effects my self-imposed furlough would have.
When my life circumstances improved, I was determined to resume blogging after the 05 July 2025 Black Sabbath tribute concert. I didn’t.
When Ozzy Osbourne died few weeks after the show (22 July 2025), I convinced myself: “Now is the time to write.” I didn’t.
During mid-August 2025, I drafted an essay, narrating about the reasons for my absence. I intended to publish the written piece then. I didn’t.
When Ace Frehley (original Kiss guitarist) died few months later (16 October 2025), I said: “I need to write about how Ozzy Osbourne and Ace Frehley influenced my life. I didn’t.
My 2026 New Year’s Resolution to revive my blog site didn’t take hold.
“Well, I’ll start during Spring Break Recess,” my determination insisted. I didn’t.
“I need to blog. I have so much to say about Spring and Fall 2025,” I chided myself.
My hesitation to release that mid-August 2025 blog wasn’t shaped by the shame of giving an “Irish good-bye,” leaving a get-together without saying goodbye. It was something else.
Teaching Fall 2026 classes was challenging, and although this current Spring 2026 was “easier,” nightmares and dreams haunted me for several months.
Enough of that!
I have convinced myself that next Friday, 15 May 2026, I will release a finished copy of that mid-August 2025 blog.
It will explain everything.