Renewal

This month I’ve decided to participate in my first IndieWeb Carnival—a once-a-month writing prompt organized by the IndieWeb.org community. This month’s prompt is “Renewal”, hosted by Jamie Thingelstad.

There’s a lot on my mind lately in regards to this term—“Renewal”. I recently moved into a new house and with it I have a yard. The yard has a lot of plants and trees that are now flowering—cherry blossom, red bud, skip laurel, rhododendron and more! This is my first spring here so it has been fun to see what bloomed, and given me an opportunity to learn more about these plants.

This site, shellsharks.com, has also seen quite the renewal—or better put, a revival. 2025 has been a very busy year for me in terms of sprucing up the site, writing regularly and exploring an even greater breadth of topics and content types. This momentum always energizes me creatively and gives me productive momentum in other areas of my life—professionally, around the house, and with other assorted projects.

I’m not sure what else to really go on about. My life seems to always be a constant stream of new things. This is by design, and unavoidable. To continue to stay on top of it all, it’s always helped me to reframe these challenges, these endless lists of to-do’s as something “new”. Whether it be a new way of approaching an old problem, or in fact a new issue altogether.

So, here’s to all things new, and “re”-new for me this year! 🌻