16 July 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
I've taken a vow of silence.
Sometimes you just have to stop trying to explain a comment or remark or a statement and just let blessed nothingness take center stage - especially when blogging. Words can fail.
Once in a while I write something that is taken for...something else. A joke becomes a jab, a friendly dig turns into an insult - you know - the basic "failure to communicate" from Cool Hand Luke fame. To worsen matters, I have this misconception that people really CAN read my mind. When that proves to be wrong, I try to explain myself with the written word (the original culprit) - over and over and over again ad nauseum until, well, until the explanation has dug a hole so deep there is absolutely no climbing out using words at all.
So, after today's experience, I plug into the only thing I can do that might work - an apology and a pause. Then wait for that great healer - Time - to kick in and "heal all wounds" like it is supposed to do.
And I listen to the crickets.
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