This website is written by and for mature technical and creative writers and other creative professionals who earn their living using their talents in their own small businesses..
The topic covered on this blog relate to my personal experience and interest, including, but not limited to writing. As a small business I don't fit into a neat box. My work is tied in with interests that range from life style, to hobbies and communities where I live and work. And, while some may prefer a single focused approach to Blogging, I believe that it's exactly that variety of interests that lends depth to my writing.
The great writers tell us to write what we know and what we are passionate about. I attempt to follow that advice here with the single most important exception that, some things I feel most passionate about are left unsaid here so as not to offend. (Those particular observations, being more controversial, are being collected into a book that will be left to posterity).
Most of us have been "around the block a time or two". In much of what we're experiencing today, we've been here, done this already. And so, some of the observations here may not resonate with the mainstream. Others may not have lived through the challenges we have in the last 60-some years and don't have the insights we accumulated along the way. It's ok to disagree here. But I do maintain that disagreement should be couched in tolerance for others of different persuasion.
In my particular case, I've had the fortune – good or bad as it may be – to have started working as a writer years ago, when much of writing and publishing was a handcrafted venture. I've worked in Albuquerque, Gallup, Phoenix and Chicago. I've done a lot through the years in terms of Real Estate, Small Business Ownership, Publishing, Speaking, etc. I've enjoyed immersion in farming/ranching, music, community development and condominium management. The lessons learned have brought me to where I am today. So I see things through the prism of those experiences…
Your experiences certainly have been significantly different than mine.
That's a good thing. We each see the bigger picture from different angles, and so, we both stand to learn together. .
Looking at our current experiences through the eyes of another can be a good thing. Seeing present experiences through the eyes of another is also helpful. We all see a slightly different "piece of the elephant". Some are very much "into" the internet, others may be somewhat put off by all this technical stuff. Each of us has learned slightly different lessons.Where there are differences we can explore and merge them into a comprehensive view. We don't necessarily have to agree. What is important is our combined passion for life and using our creative talents to make our corner of this world just a little bit better. What is important is that we learn to work together to find common ground and to make the best of the cards history and our present circumstances deal us.
Now, through the marvels of technology and these blogs, we can come together to share and compare. We can enrich our own and each other's understanding of the world we deal with today. I welcome your comments and observations.
Technology is the tool. But passion and vision are what unite us.
