Klowns in my Koffee

What have I learned in 28 days of being "at liberty"?

• A lot about blogs, history and development of social networking, and the mechanics of blogs.
• Sunshine is good.
• The public library is an unparalleled resource. (Bless you, Ben Franklin!)
• (Ironically) Scads of information about the life of Benjamin Franklin.
• I can lose five pounds without even trying by not being chained to a desk.
• There are a great many poor drivers out-and-about during the business day.
• Life without a smidgen of caffeine has no pulse.
• You can learn volumes just by listening carefully.
• Art and music are all around and can be found in the most unlikely places.
• I'm surprisingly good at playing Guitar Hero. Too bad it's not a real instrument.
• Kindness and consideration are both more common and more rare than previously understood.
• The cleaning that took all day can be undone by small children in a matter of minutes.
• Raccoons do not co-parent.
• After forty years of poor skin, the lack of daily stress has eliminated my acne just in time to get wrinkles.
• I'm afraid of being stuck again in the cesspool of a poorly-managed, failing business.
• Take a camera with you everywhere -- you'll find something interesting to capture when and where you least expect it.
• My kids and husband are way cooler and even more precious than I knew.
• There is an unending parade of interesting subjects to explore.
• My fear of failure is alternating with my fear of success.
• Exercising creativity is an essential ingredient of a meaningful life.
• You never really know who your friends are until you need them.
• Finding words for titles that start with 'K' or can be forced to include a 'K' is becoming tiresome.

And, finally:

My life has evolved enough texture that I have no trouble finding a topic or the discipline to write every single day.

So far, so good. Let's see what happens next.