As many people would say, “life be lifing.”
There is a long list of reasons for the unplanned hiatus. One of them being that I started taking a new class about rhetoric and persuasive writing.

Now, any long or short-time followers may wonder what I’m doing in a class for that, years after I started this page and improved my talents through it?

One reason is that I was already taking classes related to subjects talked about on here before. Recent events involving universities had me explore, or reexplore ones I couldn’t afford many years ago.

The class has given me a deeper look into the styles of speech and article writing that has me looking at what I’ve written before, realizing that I had been using some of them before knowing their labels.

It reminds me a lot of what’s been implied and confirmed in other fields of work; that it’s one thing to know what you’re doing, but it’s another to define it on a textbook level so you can project confidence in your work.

Another reason I took the class was to strengthen my resume.

The older I get, the more I want to show that I’m more than just the person with a long-running day job that’s not simply asking for an actual career. Wanting better requires being better, and I have chosen to show it again with continued education.

I’m not without awareness that my experiences may not fast track me into a better position, but I would be a fool to not try. Chances are I could get into something new before I finish this class. Time, combined with effort on my end, will tell.

All of this just to let you know that I am still alive, writing, creating, and reminding myself that I do have time to check in on here. Not just with you, but with myself. Because there is much more to write about on personal and global topics. Parts of it are drafted or noted in a shorthanded way.

I’ll be sure to give this page the full versions once they are ready.

– Kingston Priest