And so it begins.

To say that I have resisted blogging would be a smidge misleading. I have, more accurately, fought it tooth and nail. I like paper, and ink. I like newsprint. I delivered the Chicago Tribune as a child, and was published in it as an adult. The demise of print media is, to my mind, a real loss to Western civilization.

And yet, I can’t deny two very important facts: 1) The end of print journalism is, all and all, a good thing for the planet, and 2) it really is dying, Jim. And one more: Blogging, it turns out,  isn’t all that bad. When done thoughtfully, with an eye to the truth and one’s own frailties, it can in fact be what I’m sure you already know:  A very good thing, indeed. Some of the blogs you see listed on my blogroll are among the reasons I now know this to be true. I’m a slow learner, but I learn.

Among the reasons I hesitated for so long to take this fairly self-evident plunge was the fact that I didn’t want to limit myself to the narrow confines of a single subject. So: I won’t! I expect this to be a fairly haphazard affair, reflective of the humble-jumble that is the inside of my head. Also, I’ve been nervous about the relentless pace that blogging can demand, especially as I’m typically meant to make money in my working hours. So…. Well. I’ll try. Maybe once a day, maybe not that often, maybe a bit more. Depending on the day, I guess, and if I manage to teach myself some new tricks.

Fingers crossed, and thanks for swinging by!