Beginning the Journey

I have often toyed with the idea of writing, but I have always put it off for one reason or the other.  I have also repeatedly tried and failed to journal - a discipline often commended to me.  Even more recently I have been wanting to write in response to or about things I have been reading.

I am a reader.  Over the last number of years my capacity and my desire to read have grown, which I consider a very good thing.  I also have a growing concern about the next or future generation's desire and ability to read and write.

So this blog brings these things together for me.  It gives me the challenge of reading good books; both ancient and contemporary.  It allows me to write about and in response to what I have read.  And hopefully, it encourages and inspires others to pick up a book and read it.