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| Pigeon in My Head -- Prague, May 31, 2013 (JWB Photo) |
For the better part of four years now I’ve been trying to
figure this blog thing out. At first, I
thought I might use the space as a place of reflection to which I could turn
when I came upon something interesting or funny or, occasionally, both.
The reflective life may be the only one worth living, but
it’s hard work coming up with a new piece of wise-assity several times a
week. So I turned the blog over to one
of my favorite subjects in the world, the simply complex city that I love,
Chicago.
That worked for a long time, but over the months I began to
realize that there were many in this city who do a better job at this sort of
thing than I do, folks who have the passion, the time, and the inclination to
get out there and do the research and take the pictures and write the pieces
that capture the spirit of Chicago so well.
Beside which, I found myself becoming pretty
one-dimensional. The title of the blog
is Connecting the Windy City, and I
began to feel over the months that I wasn’t doing much connecting at all.
So I’ve taken a long time away from the blog, wondering what
its next incarnation might be. I still
don’t have the answer . . . but I think I’m close. I will continue to write about Chicago and
its architecture. It’s an amazing city
that has done incredible things in a short amount of time -- it has only been
210 years since the U. S. government erected Fort Dearborn on the swampy ground
adjoining Lake Michigan.
On average that means the Cubs have won a World Series
championship every 105 years.
I’m going to move beyond the city, though, and try to look
at other places. Some of those places
remind me of Chicago. Many of them
don’t. But all of them are places where
I have made a connection, dragged my sorry Chicago rear over their cobblestones
or rode on their subways or tasted their ale.
I’ve got a pigeon in my head, and its neck is going up and
down like a child’s toy, pecking at scenes and stories and trying to make some
sense of them. That will be the aim of
the new Connecting the Windy City.
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2 comments:
Looking forward to the return of your blogs!
Your biggest fan.
I've been scared of pigeons all my life. I have been known to grab complete strangers. My heart beats faster and I feel sick. I saw the ad with them flying about an office last year and also had to leave the room.... even pictures make me start to hyperventilate. My boss thinks it's funny and makes fun and puts pictures of pigeons in presentations - sure he thinks I'm making it up. I've tried to 'make' myself get over it - without success. To get more info just check out plagiarism checker.
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