So Why Do People Blog??

And more importantly (or not, depending on your perspective), why have I decided to start a blog? Does the world need one more blog? Probably not. But is that deterring me? Apparently not.

And about the mechanics - what should I write about? I can't imagine confining a blog to one subject area - how could I choose? I could write about stamp carving, book-making, autism, food allergies, homeschooling, gardening, Voyager, making stuff. Trying to keep my head above water in an insane, amazing world. Politics. Religion. And so on.

I'll just see how it goes.

But for now, I will close with this poem by Walt Whitman.

A Noiseless Patient Spider

A noiseless patient spider,
I marked where on a promontory it stood isolated,
Marked how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launched forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be formed, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somwhere, O my soul.

Okay, perhaps this is a bit lyrical for my blog, but basically, I love the idea of seeking connections that Whitman is writing about.

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