The Far Hills

Sorry, my legions of fans, for the sabbatical. I needed to look around and decide what kind of blog I wanted this to be. Initially, I was going to opine politically. A thorough review of the run-of-the-mill political blog has dissuaded me. I've decided that political blogs, by and large, are silly, pointless creatures. When one of them gets an idea, everyone within earshot repeats the same idea. It's like an echo chamber, but instead of fading the repetition becomes increasingly shrill. The sheer energy being expended wrapping outrage around everything is striking.

But, this isn't what dissuaded me. I can shrill. And I will shrill. I'll shrill to fill the thrill. The unforgiveable sin is that, in a way also reminiscent of echo chambers, there is no purposeful discussion. There is no purposeful debate. And the more I read the blogs the more I decided that whether or not there was supposed to be, there isn't going to be. And if this country needs anything right now, it's citizens need serious discussion on a panoply of fronts.

Lord knows I'm not going to give it to anybody. I'll write about what suits me, which will undoubtedly--if only occassionally--include the political. Believe me, we're better off this way. We don't need to go to Camelot. It is a silly place.