Something worth saying.

Having the expertise on hand during a visit to the USA has provided the impetus for doing something which has been long delayed: using this marvellous technology to establish a blog. It is so much more productive for a compulsive writer,observer, analyst and record keeper. It makes more sense than merely keeping an out-of-control bundle of notes - now filed electronically - or beavering away at a private diary. I have something of my past worth capturing, something about the present and future to say. This seems to be the way to say it. It is neither a private diary nor an exercise in showmanship which my regular, published columns could be, but something in between. I welcome the opportunity that this electronic interface provides. A diary simply captures events, experiences recorded on a regular basis. It has little importance and no impact outside of the private world of the writer. It hardly justifies the effort if the words simply disappear into oblivion. This is not so with the diaries of the famous of course, but the internet has made of a private record or diary something which can be exposed to a wide audience. The way I see it, this forces the writer to write down observations in a presentable way. Like published writing it must be more rigorously prepared. Ergo, one must not be irrelevant nor boring. Most of all, for the reader this blog should try mightily not to be time- wasting and generally pointless.