Day: August 19, 2020

Well, the youth season is still on, much to the contention of my household. I think here it comes down to an issue of importance. Youth football just is not worth the risk to anyone here but the people who are playing/coaching. Nobody else cares enough for it to be worth it. This, in my mind, creates a rough dynamic where we end up not talking about it, because we know we live on different sides of that fence.

I think I would be more inclined to be on the other side of the fence (though never entirely on) if we were actually sheltering in place. If we made a point to to be in contact with other individuals as a family then there would be much more of a conversation about staying away. As it is there are two other kids playing High School ball, and a 3rd working retail. In reality only a handful of us are actually avoiding contact. Even then we are traveling across states and eating out and behaving in a fashion that is not 100% shelter in place, which allows my reptilian (read conniving) brain some space to make this feel okay.

With all that being said, we kickoff September 12th vs. The Empire Sun Devils. It is a good situation, football wise. We get to face a team we never have and it gives our kids a chance to get ready for the regular season. Call it a preseason, because I don’t think the game actually counts towards our season record. It is also the same week as NFL kickoff, so I am ready for some football.

With that being said, the Beach Blanket Fantasy League is back on! We do not know who to pick, because we are in a situation where players could be leaving the field due to covid vs. injury and the likelihood of that is far greater than injury. Should Covid hit a team it could ravage that team quickly and down goes the squad. This is going to need to be considered when drafting. In other words, spread out the talent. Not all your eggs on one squad.

It is easy to fall out of favor with the words. It doesn’t take a whole lot for that to happen. Some calamities are greater than others and push you further from the keyboard or pen, but others… Well, any bad writer knows how to make an excuse. Good writers know how to not make them.

I am not using good as a replacement word for talent. I am using good as in level of production and ability to generate content. I have had a lot of setbacks in the past week. Today I discovered a large chunk of text and planning material for my novella that I straight up deleted. Lost forever.

I’m becoming a good writer, because I didn’t let it kill me. Not entirely. I’m still here and working and trying to get back into mode. This, in spite of the fact that I’ve lost words I needed. Growth. I am getting better at this writer thing.

One day and one story at a time.

Some Thoughts:

1. There is this small town in Colorado, up in the mountains where a train passes through. I think the town is called silver something but I am likely wrong. For years that town felt like a set piece in my memory of this life. Not too recently I watched an episode of Unsolved Mysteries where a town identical to the one I speak of was featured. I don’t think it was exactly the same town though. I don’t know why this matters or why this town is in my thoughts again but I have a handful of extremely vivid memories of the place that feel like they happened yesterday. Little moments like walking down a street, or seeing a basketball hoop; stepping off a porch and hearing the creak of the wood. What’s strange is that the moment I drove into the place I connected with it, and I fear a part of me never left.