2017
(Now insert four years of silence)
2013
The Story of the Two Moon Photos
These photos, taken four years apart—one from my old home in 2013, the other from my current one in 2017—were considered for culling as I reorganized this blog. I was preparing to archive them for good. Neither seemed remarkable on its own in adding value here.
Why Keep Them?
Then I noticed something interesting: the gap in time.
These photos were originally separate posts, sitting back-to-back for years, untouched, with no new posts in between. My writing blog had devolved into a low-effort photo blog. Snap a pic. Post it. Done. Things were moving fast—buying a new house, taming an acre of yard, family life, getting a dog, and running a business that kept me pulling all-nighters. Actual blogging took a backseat.
But another reason? I grew tired of WordPress. It was one more chore to manage. Constant updates, sluggish performance, endless plugin tweaks—it was more hassle than it was worth.
And so, for four years, nothing.
Rather than deleting these posts, I’m merging them into one—a reminder of those lost blogging years and a cautionary note about staying stuck when something isn’t right instead of making the change you know you need.
The moon moves through its cycles, pulling the tides, marking time whether we act or not. But unlike the tides, we aren’t bound by force to return to the same place—we can choose when to move, when to change, and when to break free.