Wow...

So... this is blogging. I feel like I'm sitting in a darkened room in front of a solitary table with a spotlight blazing from above, my illuminated, now pale face quite flushed and exposed.
But, I guess with all things in life, you can't take any other steps without taking the first step. Or as they say in Star Trek, "To boldly go where no one has gone before." Or as Deepak Chopra once said, "All great changes are preceded by chaos."
And so it has been. The chaos that dominated the aftermath of my Iraq War experience has seemed to produce one of the greatest changes of my life. I'm now an author, the dream of a small, awkward 10-year old child banging away on his mother's battered manual typewriter writing his first(admittedly, dreadfully awful) short story... now fulfilled some 30 odd years later.
Now the next step. To blog. I'm wondering where this next great adventure will take me. Perhaps nowhere. Perhaps somewhere.
I don't think there's any point in wondering. It doesn't matter. I'd rather live in the moment and enjoy the experience, let it take me where it may and revel in the joy of what this odyssey reveals as it occurs.
Some thoughts for today as I ramble about: Is it me, or has the election for the highest civil office in this country been turned into a reality show rather than a policy driven, serious discussion of our nation's troubles?
I'd also like to find a good recipe for Aurora's Chicken Pepperoni. I wonder if anyone remembers that great film with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn - Seems Like Old Times. I'll never forget that line, "Aurora's Chicken Pepperoni, I know how you love it."
Take care world, enjoy your Friday.