Why that title? Well, you see, it went like this…

It was late last night and I was trying to pick a domain name I wouldn’t be tired of in a few days. I’m not sure I succeeded, but “now is enough” worked for a few reasons:

• Much of what I write about ends up trying to elucidate my sincere feeling that one of the most important approaches we can take in our lives is to engage in the here and now as best we can. Of course the here and now is different for everyone and is always changing, so appropriate action varies widely. What’s for sure is if we get caught up in the wish for this moment to be other than it is, then we’ll just be chasing fantasies. To get anywhere, we have to start here, right where we find ourselves. Now is enough; face it and move forward.
• I like the word play in the ‘nowisenough’ combination. You can also see, “no wise no, ugh!” in there, which pretty much sums up how I feel when all wisdom escapes me.
• ‘Now is enough’ was good enough for last night and it’s good enough for now. I had to pick something.

Language intrigues me. It has for a long time, probably since the days when Dad would screw around with words for fun. He’d make up words, twist them in ridiculous ways, and he always seemed to enjoy repeating the absurd colloquialisms of others. I think my current fascination with poetry and language in general goes back to Dad. The older I get the more I want to write my own unique (and hopefully interesting) expressions. Whether it be in poetic form or some other, I want to have fun with the words that shape our lives.

Right now I plan to use this blog as a place to share poetry— both my own and the poems of others I enjoy. Beyond that, perhaps I’ll just share writing of any form that speaks to me in some way, especially if it advocates the need to be present in our lives. Let’s see what happens…