It's been a while...

I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

- Bastille, "Pompeii"

I can't believe I haven't written here for over three years. But then again, a great deal of things have happened to pull me away from here - the sweet as well as the sour. In the time between, I've gained three puppies, lost a bunny, got in a car accident, got AND left a job, been loved, betrayed, and lost someone most dear. But after all that, I'm still here.

I think after all the insanity that has been my life for the past 6-odd years, I'm due for a change, which is why I've decided to revive this blog and get all the ideas beating around inside my head out here. I also did a bit of a revamp - with a new name and look for this thing, as Blogging For Your Benefit began to sound more and more to me like either a charity venture or a hoity-toity "I am smarter than thou" exclamation. I want to inspire people to engage in the things I talk about here - to make them think and wonder and dream and be better for it all. Thus the Muse Reel.

(I also blame my inbred punniness for that name, but that's another story. ;) )

So starting now, I'm going to try and post here on a more regular basis. I'm not sure if the message will get out to everyone I want to reach, but at least it will get out of my head and keep me writing. After two years without that real freedom, it's about time.

Hope you like. And that, as they say, is that.