What is this about
About ten years ago, I stopped writing. I had maintained a blog for several years, writing about various topics which grabbed me: baking pies, ethical and moral thoughts on movies, political opinions, etc.
Then it just became too much. I had things I wanted to write about, but they quickly got eclipsed by additional interesting, and timely, topics. I got overwhelmed and stopped writing.
More recently, I've found myself writing to family about the politics of the day. However, there have been times when what I have to say is disconnected to previous discussions, or needed to be divorced from a single recipient. Hence, this space.
Purpose
My purpose with this blog is to continue the writing I did before. I want this to be a place to collect my thoughts and put them to paper. Some of them may remain unfinished or a bit rough; however, my goal is to just keep writing.
In the current environment there is a constant flood of news, to respond to. I will try not to get overwhelmed and quit again. Instead, there may just be shorter pieces, or the unfinished pieces I mentioned.
Posts from the old blog
I may try to resurrect posts from the old blog as I have time, and if I feel they are still relevant. What that happens, they will be listed here with the original posting data.