Welcome to the Home of my Blog!

Hopefully, posts will be coming shortly and frequently. I am very excited to finally be blogging. I hope you will enjoy my words.

As I was thinking of what to name my site, for some reason the idea of the subjunctive popped into my head. I do not precisely remember where I picked up on the idea of the subjunctive (I can either credit my mother the linguist or my Spanish teacher from H.S.). Yet as "the language of hypotheticals/possibilities," it has always represented the beautifully mythical part of human expression to me (interestingly, in a way no real action can).

Prophecies themselves must often take the subjunctive form. It is our way of expressing the unknown, the uncertain, and my personal favorite, the possible. It's beauty lies not only in its ability to look forward, but also in its power to express alternate pasts. "If I would've." "Had I not." In fact, these two are quite related. Our power to express the lost possibilities of the past and how they have shaped our present, is the very source of our ability to realize the potential of the future.. Only from the depth of regret does change spring. Only from the realization that there were alternatives, can we say that there will be alternatives.

The subjunctive is the language of regret and possibilities, of hope and of change. I hope the ideas in this blog will use it often and with great fervor. I hope they will be an inspiration to you all.