Why Blog?

I have been asking myself this for some time, others do why not me.

I've hesitated over the years as first I don't like to appear to be an idiot, even if I am one, by messing things up and creating a mess and secondly it always struck me as an ego trip on the part of the blogger.

So why start? Well I used to post a lot of stuff to various forums, and hold pictures on other pages that I could share with those that have similar interests, but some of these have closed other forums for example get deleted by the owners and I can no longer point to things I have done.

So this will be a summation of what I am doing and where I have been. Will it be a guide to where I'm going, certainly not, I haven't a clue, life is like travelling in a train with your back to the engine, sure you can see where you have been and if you look sideways you might peripherally see where you are going and maybe plan, but you don't see the tree on the line that diverts the train.

I might tell you what I hope to do, time and tide will determine if I get there. Of course this blog may well be such an example, a one post wonder, as events in my life pull me in other directions.

Why do I think people will be interested in my activities? I don't nor do I care, but a few friends have asked how I did such a thing and others I might meet may be interested to read and see what I have done and I will now have a place to send them.

So in no sense is this a diary and posts will be intermittent.

[Edit] As I post I discover that in part it has become a series of reminiscences. This may be of interest to some or not. It may be of interest or embarrassment to my children, or both.