The wanderer has returned

 January 18th 2025

I keyed in the blog url. What? The last entry was in June 2020. How can I explain an absence of four and half years?

I suppose Covid had its part to play. From November 2019 to November 2020, I was President of Soroptimist International of Yorkshire. I was overseeing twenty-one clubs all over Yorkshire with plans to travel all over the region, visiting the clubs. I had done minimal through the winter months and was ready with a full diary when Lockdown began. My priority was keeping the clubs going and to that end, I posted on the SI Yorkshire Facebook page every day for 150 days. When Lockdown Two started and autumn was around the corner I started a project called 'My Mother's Music' on You Tube with fifty mini films made with my husband's help. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNPQv7hN6uAuIieihXpJyQ/videos

The Yorkshire Press had stopped asking for my column in January 2020 and with the other activities, the blog writing stopped. I'm sorry when I realise that I stopped for four and half years. Four and half years when the subject of emotional maturity and chasing Rainbows behaviour has never been far from the headlines. 

The last year has been one of disruption and a house move - still ongoing. I don't make New Year resolutions, but on a January 1st post Christmas clear-up, decided to declutter some storage tubs. One contains my psychotherapy practice history, plus all the paperwork and brainwork involved in creating the 'Are You Chasing Rainbows?' book. I started to feel motivated again.

Here I am and ready to write on the this blog again. Initially the posts may be reflecting on what I've found in storage, but we'll see how it evolves. 

©AlisonRRussell2025