Beginnings

I have long struggled with the question of starting a blog. With the explosion of social media, intentionally placing oneself - your daily experiences, your most intimate thoughts and feelings - in a venue for the world-at-large to follow seems to have become commonplace. For myself, having by and large enjoyed a healthy sense of privacy, the prospect of doing so seems counterintuitive.

My perspective has changed somewhat, however, as I have become acquainted in the last year or so with many new friends who maintain their own blogs, sharing themselves and their interests online. It has been a pleasure to follow along with them and our shared interests with a frequency that otherwise would not have been possible without their blog entries. What is more I have always had a secret love affair with the written word. The pace of my life and the demands placed upon it have caused me to long neglect this mistress.

Therefore I have elected (perhaps on a trial basis) to begin my own personal blog in the interest of sharing my thoughts, interests, and experiences with my friends as well as those of you who should find this blog. This, of course, will also provide me with an opportunity to indulge in the practice of my own writing.

And so, to those who have found your way here, I bid you welcome. This is where we begin.