A short beginning:

I have been writing since I was a young teenager. My fancy for words came in the form of prose. I continue to appreciate that form of writing for my personal work, yet over the ensuing years of study found myself writing in scientific form or business form. On the one hand, these forms have an advantage of being a concrete set of standards which if followed, led to a formal conclusion that was then peer reviewed for form, thesis and conclusion; backed up with conclusive evidence.
Prose on the other hand, demands a sense of the Muse along with a boat load of imagination and perseverance. And loads of time. Writing a blog. . . for me. . . is a stream of consciousness activity. Formal rambling, really.

The most socially watched event today is the state our nation is in. This affects each and every one of us, like it or not. There are of course many paths of exploration into the current events unfolding, from a number of perspectives and persuasions. The perspective I personally take in observing a social event is from the studies in anthropology I have had, which I find to be very good tools for such a task. I bring this up as this will define the message as I progress through the issues I see as pertinent to the events within our social body, our culture as Americans.

The one element most lacking for me right now is time. Work demands, home and family, buying a house. . . normal stuff for most of us. And it takes most of our waking hours to address. Which will be one of the rambles. . . I mean blogs that will be forthcoming. As I said, this will be a short beginning; an further introduction of sorts. What I can only hope is that with cool heads and hard work it is possible to dig our collective selves out of the hole we are currently in. That's the plan.