Welcome to Lincoln Creek

         Welcome to Lincoln Creek. I like to think of this blog as "the little blog that could," as it has seen many names and forms as well as several hiatuses, yet it just won't let me give it up. I've had several blogs over the last ten years, with Writing Just In Case and The Book Corner/Modern Jo March being the two most recent and the two I've spent the most time and energy on. Writing Just In Case was my personal blog on my now defunct website, it lasted for six years before I eventually shut it down. The Book Corner was my book blog, which was also featured on my website, where I featured reviews and interviews, as well as other various posts on the subject of books. After two years of The Book Corner, I decided to rebrand and use a more original name, Modern Jo March blog. The book blog lasted four years total before I decided to simplify things in an attempt to balance my health issues with my writing and just focus on maintaining one blog. I archived Modern Jo March and placed my focus on Writing Just In Case, expanding the blog to cover what both blogs did. Alas, my health got to the point where I couldn’t even maintain the one, so I shut it down, along with the whole website. For the last three years, I've focused on my health and just took a nice long break from "creating content" and writing in general. 

At first, I blamed my hiatus from writing on burnout… but the truth of the matter is, my brain just stopped working properly. For the last few years I’ve felt like my brain was revolting against me, like there was a major disconnect between me and my brain, and essentially there was. In 2019, I got Lyme’s Disease for the second time. It took a large toll on my body, as well as triggering a neurological condition that was essentially lying dormant prior to the Lyme. I started having seizures, which are triggered by sensory overload aka overstimulation. Since then, I’ve been learning or at least trying my best to learn how to function with this brain and live life differently so that I don’t overstimulate and seizure. My brain is easily overstimulated these days, which makes things rather difficult at best. Lights seem brighter than they are, sounds are louder, places and spaces are busier/more chaotic than they are… you get the drift. I’ve had to repaint walls a different color because the original was “too bright” and I have been building a tool chest of gadgets, items, and tools that can help me function without overstimulating… for the most part at least. 

Three years into this, I’ve learned quite a bit, I feel a little better, and I think I’m ready to try to return to writing again. Originally, when I first started to entertain thoughts about returning to writing again, maybe returning to my blog, I had planned to revamp my website and go from there. It soon became clear to me, after working on the site and fretting over the blog, that I couldn’t do it…. At least not the way I used to. I realized that, like in many other areas of my life, in order to make changes or start a new habit/activity, I needed to start small and keep things simple. I needed to not focus and fret over banners, website design, etc. What I need to do right now is to just write. So here I am, back at the beginning, on Blogger where I first started out, and honestly, it feels good and far less stressful. I do still plan to eventually get my website up and running again, but all in good time. For now, small and simple is the way. 

So, welcome to Lincoln Creek. Lincoln Creek is the name I’ve used for my brand (my photography, etc), it is a name that is dear to me with a meaning that is literally close to home for me. When I first started entertaining thoughts on returning to writing and starting my blog again, I was going to go with Modern Jo March, but it just didn’t feel quite right. Something felt off. Eventually I realized that, again, I needed to go back to the basics, and return to the name that started it all for me, and besides it has always felt more genuine and unique to me than any other name I could ever come up with. Lincoln Creek will be a catchall for whatever I feel like writing about. I will share book reviews, a few favorite archived posts from my other blogs as throwbacks, posts about life, poems… anything that takes my fancy. This blog is really for me, first and foremost, but I hope you’ll come along for the ride. 


        

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