Again, it's Been Way too Long!

Wow, I did it again, disappeared from here.  So sorry about that.  Sometimes, I just get too waylaid by life as we know it.  I've been working on a novel, though, so that's a good thing.

Here's a writing exercise dedicated to my disappearance.  Think about somewhere you used to go all the time, whether it's your old school or a neighborhood you used to live in or a town you came from, maybe even an apartment or house you used to live in.  Fictionalize you as a character and write a story about what it would be like to return there now.  Who is still there; would you be recognized, or would you be a stranger?  I recently walked through a neighborhood I used to live in, it used to be home to me.  I don't know what's more striking: the things that have changed or the things that haven't.  The dentist's office on the corner, who catered to welfare recipients, is now a very chic trendy bar, but the nasty little dirty pizza place across the street is still there.

Think first about where it is you would be returning to.  How long ago were you there regularly?  So, the bottom line is, what would happen to you if you went back now?  And how would you feel about the place?