Place-blogging

I don’t think that Huntsville’s going to feel like home anytime soon. Perhaps that’s as it should be: I never intended to settle here, even when there was someone here I was planning to be with. Still, there are a few things to recommend the city, and if I must have my life shipwrecked and then be tossed unceremoniously on shore somewhere, there are much worse places.

I’m at Big Spring Park (again). I’ve blogged about it before. It’s a gorgeous day and I refuse, point blank, to go home and surround myself by the entombing four walls of the familiar when there is so much else to see. (Since you’ve asked, I’m including a picture. Have I mentioned that I have a thing for clouds?)

I was half-tempted to go to Monte Sano State Park and do some writing there. I opted not to, for a couple of reasons. In the first place, it costs money to go up there; it is, after all, a state park. For another, there’s no wi-fi there. Not a huge reason but having wifi has its perks. For a third, it is a bit of a hoof, and already being 5 PM, I’m not sure I want to go there for just an hour or so. Finally, perhaps the real reason, it’s still lousy with memories of her. Maybe one day. Just not yet.

But I was driving around a bit before getting here. Huntsville, unlike Birmingham, is small enough to be relatively self-contained. You can get the entire range of the Huntsville experience and not drive more than, oh, 20 minutes. Unlike Tallahassee, which is similar in size, it has both topography and character. And of course, multiple park locations with free wi-fi….

I’ll probably start, since it seems like a fun thing to do, blogging about these places in the near future. It will give me a reason to expand my slowly-widening circle of haunts, and give me a decent excuse to go out exploring, something I’ve never really before been tempted to do. So, expect some place-blogging in the future. This will be fun!