CHICAGO CARLESS

(Photo: Who or what plays the leading role in your spiritual life? Credit: Mojoey.)

I’ve certainly confused a few people since overhauling CHICAGO CARLESS. Not from blogging about my spiritual journey, but from the lack of of a traditional cast of characters playing a role in it.

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(Photo: Remain seated, with your arms, hands, and legs on top of the cushion at all times. Enjoy your ride.)

This entry marks the (belated) third anniversary of CHICAGO CARLESS. As is obvious, year four is getting started with a lot of changes. The most obvious are the totally re-designed layout and features of the blog.

But they’re only reflections of the most important change of all: my renewed outlook on my life and the world around me. Something had to give. After 37 years, what ultimately gave was me.

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Surprise ending’s here.
“I love you but you’ve lost me.”
He spoke. Words fail me.

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(Photo: Never let the vehicle deter you from the road you want to follow.)

Last night during Community Media Workshop’s 2008 Studs Terkel Awards at the Chicago Cultural Center, one of the winners, Sylvia Rivera, the general manager of bilingual public radio station Radio Arte, shared this comment from the stage:

“You write the story of your life. You create your own legend.”

In two sentences, Rivera described my dilemma.

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I am in love. Suddenly, astonishingly, sickeningly so. Know that first and the rest of this post goes down a lot easier for the less romantically inclined among you.

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(Photo: What a difference a year makes…)

A little more than a year ago, when I wondered where my writing–and my life–would take me, I couldn’t have guessed what the following twelve months would have in store. Today, I return to Chicago Carless from a self-imposed month-long hiatus awed by the changes 365 days can bring.

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(Photo: Chicago Carless has NOT left the building.)

No exit just yet, anyway. As I continue to sort through the potential to move back home to Gotham or remain here on the shores of Lake Mich. as an unexpectedly newly singleton, the best decision may be not to decide for the moment. More immediate is the fact that I missed the two-year anniversary of Chicago Carless, and a lot more than the fall of my relationship has happened in the past 12 months. So in celebration of the (belated) two-year anniversary of my life being an open blog, I give you a look at the past 12 months of Chicago Carless. And, boy, has it been a helluva time.

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