The Journey Begins

For me, of course, the journey began a long time ago but now I invite you guys to hop on the train.

My goals here are kind of multi-faceted; I've got family who will be pleased to finally have a way to keep track of me (a little anyhow!), friends who probably are hoping I post photos of me dancing around a campfire in a flowy skirt so they can facebook me and accuse me of being a hippie (so what if I am?! :)), and perhaps an outsider population who will occasionally stumble on my rambling word strands and fall face-first into a pile of stories, skills, and inspiration that they can stick in their pockets and integrate into their lives (meaning even less strangers in this fantastically strange world!).

I will be writing with all of these audiences in mind, so Mom(s), Dad, no sharing embarrassing childhood stories! Especially the one about how I hid dog bones in my panties "for a snack" later. *gasp!* And girlfriends, the dirty secrets of my latest love affairs (wait, which ones?) would preferably be discussed on a tapped phone line instead. The feds appreciate fairy tales of whipped cream and strawberries more than my grandma. And for you soon-to-be un-strangers, comments with lots of these #$%^@ symbols would be better directed at SUVs at the petrol station. Or Velveeta 'cheese.' Or Round-Up bottles in your local parks and gardens. But not my poor little blog!

That being said,

This is me in a sideways rectangle (sorry about that, by the way)

This is a small, beautiful part of my big, beautiful world that you all share with me

and this (yes this, right here, and left here, and a bit up and down too) is one of the places I will be sharing bits and pieces of all that life brings me!