Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Lost ... and found

So since last July, I have been free to drift.

And drift I have.

The joy of not having to produce another 800 words of copy for tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, has not yet lifted.

A daily column that drips for decades seriously taps a tree.

But there is snow on my kayaks. It's a long winter.

And I confess here and now... I was not ... born to blog.

It's not that opportunity hasn't knocked.

Fall brought a radio gig query, an echo of my 1980s.

A long-time TV bud flattered me with work bait.

I said no to both.

If I'm going to work my butt off in public again, I want something odd, something funny, something strange, something peculiar.

An idea that--hopefully--will make other people laugh.

Yes, I will serve you when it's ready.

It's here. I may even write about it.

Just one word for you, a clue if you will since you are pals, here the very day that project begins. That word is ... Boot.

It came together this morning.

I now have a workbox labeled ... Boot.

It will take about six months.

Last week I wuz lost, in serious December funk.

But this morning, I wuz found.

My idiot grin came back...

In the first quarter moon of this bright, new year.

It shines on you too. So grin, darn it.

2 comments:

John Cosway said...

Dunf, you tease. Six months we have to wait for the Boot? But 2006 being the year of the dog, and you being a dog lover, I'm sure your project will be worth the wait. Do we get any clues along the way?

dunf said...

(Answered years later in 2023)

"Boot" is a comic novel about a dim-witted newspaper man.

It was written between 2004 and 2006.
The unpublished manuscript is about five feet from me.

The publisher in 2005 went bankrupt.
I don't think about it much.