As you have no doubt noticed, there has been another – much more drastic than usual – change in the address of these pages. This was done for several reasons, not least among them is the fact that the original address bears a very close resemblance to the title of the book that is now on shelves throughout the fleet. Since I have no desire to have thousands of total strangers stumble across my thoughts (the book was heavily modified as far as what entries were included and which were not), it was a straight forward decision to alter the address in such a way that it bears not similarity to the title of the blog itself.
Please remember that this is not a traditional ‘public’ blog, it never has been and it never will be. The link is direct access, it is given out to specific people whom I trust enough with the contents of the chaos that is my mind. It is not searchable on google or any other engine, and it never will be. Please do not hand out the new link haphazardly, and please do not ever post it in a public forum of any kind without asking me first. It’s a humble request, and I’m grateful for you all complying, as this condition is what prevents my having to make the site password protected, which is something I do not want. Nor do any of you.
As for the last reason behind the adjustment – and this is the more important one for me – as mama owl said in Fox and the Hound
Forever? Forever is a long long time chil’ and time, she has a way a’changin’ things
When I first started this journey, there were people in my life I thought would never leave my side, and it never occurred to me that one day I would be in a place where they had not only departed my company, but that I wanted nothing more to do with them in this lifetime. Until recently, some of those people have maintained access to these pages, because it never occurred to me even now to remove them. Since the time has come to remove that last connection, this was the easiest way to do it.
As always, thank you for your support, respect and understanding,
We now return you to your regularly scheduled wanderings,
Smooth Sailings
Shaughnessy