New to the neighborhood

I was finally cajoled into doing this by a friend who's been sending me the links to his posts for a year now. It's not that I'm averse to writing -- quite the opposite. I write as a major part of my job, I journal, I take writing classes when I can, and I'm even trying to lay the foundation for a novel ... someday.

So why did I hesitate? I'd written essays for a friend's website four or five years ago, and although I'd curse the (infrequent) deadlines, I tremendously enjoyed diving into a different topic every few weeks. But blogging seemed so... I don't know -- risky? controversial? labor-intensive? out of character?

Maybe all of the above, but here I am anyway. I make no guarantees about being able to post my thoughts on anything even approaching a schedule, and I also make no guarantee to be enlightening or even entertaining. This is simply an outlet for the occasional insights or questions that arise in the course of the day-to-day routine with the hope that I might spark some insights or questions -- or even conversation -- through my writing.