Portrait of the blogger at work.

It occurs to me that I ought to be posting something here at LTG.  The problem is every time I sit down to share the juicy details of my most interesting life here in the USA I have to face the sad fact that there aren’t any.  I’ve been working on a political post for a few days, but frankly I’m in so much despair about the state of our nation that I just can’t bring myself to finish it.  It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I care too much.  Ah well.

My biggest fear when I retired and moved back to the states was that I would get sucked into the mundane and vanilla lifestyle that is so uniquely American.  I had hoped to counter that inevitability by spending significant parts of the year back in Korea.  Unfortunately, Uncle Sam has illogically tied my departure to coincide with with the issuance of my wife’s green card.  Last I heard from the government they advised it would likely be February before a decision was made.  And of course given the dysfunction of the bureaucracy that’s probably optimistic.

Which is not to say that I haven’t been making the best of things during my sojourn in the United States.  I’ve been working hard at building a vibrant darting community here in my hometown of Columbia.  I’ve got things to the point where I can now play four times a week (versus the previous one) without leaving the Midlands.  That was pretty much my darting schedule in Korea, so I reckon I’m generally satisfied.  And I guess I’ve made some new friends and acquaintances along the way, so I’m happy about that.

But I’m missing my Korea life quite a lot and can’t help but feeling sometimes like the world is passing me by while I’m stuck here in South Carolina.  To be sure, there are worse places to be stuck. It’s just not in my nature to be happy about being stuck anywhere I suppose.

There you have it.  A post about nothing noteworthy.  Which certainly is in keeping with the fine tradition I’ve established here at LTG.