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So where is this going? What started out as largely introspective seems to have morphed into something else. It's been highly personal at times and sometimes not.

One of my more regular readers says he thinks these are my "morning pages" ( as in "The Artist's Way") and I suppose that is a good thing since at least for now I seem to have crapped out on those. Another friend/colleague/teacher/mentor has suggested a website called 750words.com. 750 words is pretty straightforward--it is "morning pages" automated and done on the computer. Seems to fit my current writing style a bit more, despite my beloved fountain pens.

I thought to avoid political commentary, but it appears it is close to not possible. If what this is is about my subjective experience of my world, then the political will inevitably creep in, or maybe even stomp right through. So much of what impacts all of our lives is currently tied up in the screwy political debating going on. Who would have thought that in 2012 we'd be talking about birth control as an issue in a national election.

So I guess that's what this is--just my subjective musings on my world as I see it and experience it. As an introvert in Jungian terms, a lot of that is going to be introspective. Most of you who know me, know that that is a big part of who I am. For the few who may get impatient with my "navel gazing," I apologize, but I make no promise that I won't go there often. And some of it is going to be about my outer world which will inevitably in this crazy year sometimes be about politics.

Right now my crazy world is about getting ready to be away from home for six weeks on the road in Europe. I'm still deciding what to do with this during that time. If you have broken the code, what you already know is that I just write these as they come to mind and then schedule them to publish some days ahead, and sometimes have several in queue. It means I'm not writing under any pressure about "gee I haven't put something up for a while," and I can write about what is on my mind when it is. Traveling may present fewer opportunities for reflective writing. Also I'm not sure travel reporting is a fit for this, but we will see.

I probably won't post quite as frequently here, but we will be putting pictures up on facebook, so if you want those as we go, we gotta be facebook friends. Sorry.