Well, this is day one of what I am hoping to be regular and deliberate efforts to give voice to what's going on in my world.  Just as a horseshoer uses the anvil and hammer to shape and form the focus of his work, this will be a forum for me to add shape and form to those parts of my life which others may have interest.  I guess for me it will be a lot of thinking out loud.  I hope it doesn't bore everyone who reads it.