First blog of the season

"You know you want to!" This is the counterpoint to that other inner voice that insists on being heard when I start something new, the one that says "No, wait! It could be dangerous!" As the voices escalate their volume in my roomy mental domain, my fingers type these words regardless of the debate. It seems that my body is on the side of the daring voice, not the cautious one.

Great! I do want to! Never an early adopter, even in the best of times, I admit to being nudged into the blogosphere as the result of starting a new job. People who are younger and hipper than I am insisted that blogging is something I should experience. And now, having jumped off this particular cliff, I intend to gaze serenely at the passing images as I descend.

Like (I imagine) most bloggers, I invite a response from any reader. To try something new and then to find new connections because of this (however modest) act of daring -- that seems to me to be a wonderful possibility. I'll let you know if anyone writes back.