Nich About Town gets rolling again. It has been a handful of years, I know, and much has changed since I last wrote. To start, the baby in the previous post is now a school boy; we have a new home; I have a new job; and the world is, well, increasingly volatile.
It is time, or rather the lack of time, that halted my blogging before. And it is time that plays upon my mind now, as I write. Time is a funny beast - never sitting still, always pulling you onwards, a creature of incessant and infuriating energy. One day you're cradling a brand new baby in your arms, the next he's trotting off to class in a (briefly) crisp new uniform.
Yet time also governs many of my passions, and enriches them with its impact. My deep love of history wouldn't exist without it, and my enjoyment of the garden is only made possible with the tasting of each individual season. The tulips of April, the poppies of June, the asters of September - would they really shine so bright in our eyes, if their moment lasted forever?
Time has also helped me to boil down what matters most to me, and where I want to focus my energies now, and into the future. And in a sense, that's what this blog is all about - a celebration of renewed passions and more focussed interests. So as we look ahead on here, you'll be seeing weekly posts (I hope!) on history; gardening; menswear; books; and any other general musings on what it means, in my eyes, to be a dad and raise a child.
Nich About Town is back. The hiatus is over. Let's see where it leads...
