It’s hard to get back on the horse, after this long.
Now that I think about it, this past month, (without blogging,) is the biggest break I’ve had since September 2011.
That’s nuts. (And my apologies for leaving w/o saying goodbye.)
It’s not that I got tired of you.
Nor of blogging.
Rather, the further I got into writing my novel, the less mental and creative energy I had left over.
I’m nearly done, but this final stretch has been the longest, and most difficult. (Probably not surprising, now that I think about it. Sticking the landing is always tough.)
Given I still had to work, and my kids have been home from school the last 2.5 months, really, there wasn’t much to do but pare down.
I wanted to keep up with you guys, and tell you what was happening, but that extra bit of juice eluded me.
Lots of Jiu Jitsu, a couple of injuries, (including my first cauliflower ear,) and then the big gig I alluded to here months ago.
The reason I went to Tulsa, that I couldn’t share…
I got to visit the set of “Reservation Dogs,” one of the very best shows on TV, (via Hulu/FX) to make a photo essay that was finally published this week, on HuffPost.
I promise to do a more in-depth piece on the entire experience at some point, because my three days in Oklahoma were as memorable as I’ve had in quite some time.
Despite years of traveling the US, Tulsa, and Okmulgee, (on the Muskogee Nation,) were among the most affecting, and at times dispiriting, places I’ve been.
I dig the HuffPost edit, but eventually I’ll share more of the outtakes, (like the image above,) and hopefully shape them into a proper series.
But all of that is to come.
Today, I wanted to reconnect, let you know I was still alive, and point in the direction of some of the best work I’ve made in my career.
I’ll be back again soon, but probably not tomorrow.
Sunshine and Olly 
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