I’VE BEEN privileged/blessed: I’ve had a miracle.       I’ve been rejuvenated; I have been reborn so to speak…how many people can say that?  This is a tremendous thing at my age – any age actually.

All of this dramatic rhapsodizing because of the reappearance of a Domain Name;   you wouldn’t think a little thing like a domain name would have such an impact.

WHAT HAPPENED?

A long time ago I had a website; it’s name was LibraryDaze;  I was very fond of it.  It not only was a great name, it was very much representative of me – a very personal statement and accomplishment; but then I  lost it;  it was a foster site whose time had run out.  I was very sad   but resigned; so much work down the tube, but that’s technology for you.

The title LibraryDaze came about as a  particularly appropriate identifyer for a series of cartoons I created as a result of my work in a local public library:  I drew cartoons based on my experience.  At first  they were being printed in the library newsletter and then  later the library website; eventually I had a website created (I wasn’t at all computer savvy) so they could be shared by a larger audience.

By the time I lost that arrangement  I had retired and had gone  on to other things/ including a self- propagated website.

It’s been almost a year since the website suffered its demise -  there should be a special home for abandoned websites, a special niche in the cloud and maybe there actually is,  but I’m not capable of retrieving it and there are no visible remains – too bad.  If I wanted to I could have reconstructed it BUT WHAT A TERRIBLE JOB THAT WOULD BE;  and probably not worth it….a lot of it is  actually so out of date that it’s only relevant and of interest to a very limited audience.   

One day it occurred to me that it was time to find out what my new website was capable of:  I was reading the small print  and LOW AND BEHOLD I discovered it could provide me with a domain name – cheap.  I checked for availability and was ELATED to discover my old name had escaped being adopted.  I WAS OVERJOYED: THAT DID IT!!!

That was an amazing emotion; I didn’t realize it  meant so much to me. 

I am being given the wonderful opportunity to reassume my true identity.  Reaffirmation of my identity – lets fact it nerickson57 is strictly utilitarian; a convenience email address...nothing.

And what should I do with this incredible bit of luck?   a memorial would be just fine.

I started with the fact that it’s primary function  was as a repository for cartoons relating to my life with the library, and with that in mind I set forth to establish what might be reasonable to include.

Along with the cartoons I managed to insinuate  various other items I thought of interest; material I thought was worth passing on.  I guess it was really a rather primitive blog-  I always did like to have my say in things.

So what’s in store for it now that it’s been resurrected?