Post by firefolk on Mar 2, 2009 10:45:35 GMT -5
Apparently, it is now Time. Dappled Things was just starting as a magazine at the exact same moment that I was just starting as a writer (thanks, Lord!); we've come an awfully long way together and, God willing, will continue going on until the Voyager comes back to Earth (anyone remember Star Trek I? Whew, sorry--random geek moment there). However: the moment at which I started writing (I mean, REALLY writing) was also the same moment at which I began my obligatory tour of Hell, and I spent most of those first few years suffering quite a bit. Luckily, the Endless Stair was made, and had not been destroyed, and--thank God for God--I have finally been dragged by grace out onto the parapet of Zirakzigil and have cast down the Balrog of despair. I am truly, truly, truly sorry that I once spoke of a Valediction. For a time I had thought my writing was done. But like GK says, we have a God Who knows His way out of the grave! In three days, I am leaving my home to go travel this country and distribute my new book (it's called The Secret Fire, ask Katy about it, she liked it) to students at Catholic colleges across the country. The catch? I have NO MONEY WHATSOEVER!!! Fortunately, I have spent many years living on the streets already and have absolutely no trepidation about doing so again. I have nothing else to give to the world but my words: and I WILL give it, as God gives me strength. I will hitchhike and barfight my way from Vermont to California and share with as many people as I can, the one small light of truth that I have gleaned through the years. I'm not a teacher, baby, I'm just a fellow student comparing notes. But if my notes can help one single soul to see the light, then I shall damn well make those notes available. Okay, that didn't hold up as an extended metaphor. But anyway, this is my anti-valediction. I swear to God, as God gives us strength, we are going to make this world better.