Captain Columbia City coming out of dry dock

Haven't posted a lot here lately.  Actually, haven't posted much at all.  That's not exactly intended, work has managed to get far too much of a hold of me lately.

I have to admit though, when I started this blog I had hoped to be in a much more regular rhythm then I have found myself in reality.  I had grand visions of actually being able to post an article a day, or perhaps one every two days, but looking back, the times I've actually managed to stick to that schedule have been few and far between.  Sometimes this didn't work just because I got busy with my paying job, and this necessarily had to take a back seat, other times my self-imposed requirement to post only when I had real neighborhood news caused me to slow down.

I still think getting into a rhythm is important, and I've decided that perhaps I just need to scale back my expectations a little bit.  So, starting this week, I'm going to go for a slightly more simple goal - one post a week.  This is obviously a bit of a slower pace, and I'll see how this goes.  I'm sure I might miss even this relaxed schedule every now and then (vacations happen), but I think this should be an attainable goal.  I'm also going to relax my requirement on having "real neighborhood news" a little bit as well.  I'll still strive for this, of course, but I won't think twice if I post every now and then about something completely unrelated.

So, with that, I'm considering this a bit of a new beginning.  One post a week, on topics related to Columbia City and environs, from Rainier street east to Seward Park.  I have a couple of post topics that have been swirling around in my head for a while now, and I'm always looking for new ones (captaincolumbiacity@gmail.com), so I hope you'll join me for the ride.

And perhaps, just perhaps, one of these days I can get the long promised hand drawn image of the Captain I requested from a friend of mine, and actually give this blog a bit more of a unique look to match our unique neighborhood.