Changes
Changes. David Bowie sang of them. So did a young Olivia Newton John. Here at At Home in Hespeler, the times, as Bob Dylan might note, they are a changin’.
It has been some time since politics has taken center stage here, and I have, to be blunt, become completely disinterested in the politics. In a world in which Rob Ford might just be the best choice for mayor, the question of whether Toronto is in a death spiral seems absurd. The fight at all levels, however, has become so boring, so partisan that there’s no joy in doing it.
On the other hand, i get regular offers to review new music, by both established artists and new ones. As well, book review offers have started arriving, many on subjects in entertainment. The Saturday Fluffernutter has long been a favourite feature here, even if it’s dropped of the radar a bit as other activity has diminished the last while. And that’s the problem: as long as I see this as a primarily political blog, lack of political writing stops me writing other stuff. I try to limit the fun writing, until I have written something I have no interest in writing.
No More.
I don’t know what form these changes will take, but I do know that At Home in Hespeler is no longer a political blog, and hasn’t been for some time really. There will be more music reviews, and possibly some movie reviews. As I go along I except, hope, to add books, particularly ones on music and movies. But whatever face the changes take, one thing I know, there’ll be damn little, if any, politics.
To those who have read this as a political blog over the years, thank you for taking the time to read. There was a time when I enjoyed it immensely. However it’s time for this rock ‘n’ roller to CH-Ch-Change.
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