Not in Hiding, But....

As I have gone through this whole process of moving I have not said where I was working or what the city was. On Tuesday I posted a picture that showed a bus from the local bus line which naturally identified the city where I now live. One of you noticed that and wondered if I had wanted to keep my location a secret.

Well, not really. I'm not in hiding. Several things have gone on in the years I have been blogging. One was that I have wanted to keep the nickname of pmPilgrim as the focus. Then, as first a minister in my denomination, then a county based worker and counselor in treatment programs I have not generally identified the specific places because I don't want those places to be connected with my opinions, etc. The blog is mine and has nothing to do with my denomination, the county government, private or non-profit treatment programs. I only feel that such a position is fair and ethical (and even required in the policies of all the organizations.) It also helped maintain a distance that is important.

But I am not hiding. I now live in Rochester, MN, which if you knew Minnesota you would have been able to figure out from my posts. I am working in one of the better known - and very large - medical systems in the country in their addictions program as a counselor. That is truly exciting and why I have come to see this move as a "career" move even as I aim at 60 in the next year. I can't believe that I am working there.

But the blog is mine, not theirs. It isn't even about them although I may from time to time comment on what I learn about life and the world and postmodernism through what I do. So I am not hiding or in a witness protection program. While the blog is about my thoughts, I also like to keep it from being entirely about me. I am not the only one with the thoughts I have here. And maybe what I have to say will give someone else a chance to think about themselves and their live.