The First Post...

Hello...

A funny thing happened on my trip to Connecticut and I cannot say that this funny thing was new to me. I rediscovered that my family and friends love me. I had no doubt about this fact before my trip home, but I finally recognized that I haven't been keeping up my end of the bargain. To give as much as I take. So many times have you, my countless family members and friends asked me to call or write or e-mail or text or send smoke signals. Anything... And too many times have I gone 'off the radar' making people wonder if I had fallen from some precipice atop the Cascades or if I had stolen away to Ulaan Baatar (yes, it's a real place).

With this new realization, I will wed my interest in writing with information regarding where I am - figuratively - and what I'm doing. I can't promise a daily entry - though I strive to achieve that goal - but I can promise that I will update this blog regularly with the odds and ends that compose my life. Does this replace individual correspondence? No. But given my schedule and the schedules I know most of you keep, I think this will serve to complement that communication significantly.

With that said, if there's anything you wish to see in this blog or if there's anything you would like me to address, please let me know. And whether I see you daily or once every however many years, please know that I share this with you because I value you as a part of my life.

Until next I post...

David