Beginnings...

     I've decided to begin this blog with two quotes from Henry David Thoreau, one of the inspirations for my proposed ponderings here.

"To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain."

"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."

These two quotes hit me hard today as I was thinking about the past few years. I have always loved being out in nature, indeed, I would rather be there than anywhere else I can imagine. I have always loved writing and was a pretty prolific writer in my earlier life but the obligations of college, working, and family have kept me from it for many years now. Recently, several friends have started blogs and inspired me to try it as well. In the least, it may provide me with a much needed creative outlet in brief bursts of blogging.

     So now, I launch myself on this present wave and push aside the curtain to seek Nature's hearth and find solace and peace there in God's creation. Stay tuned for my next post in which I plan to tell a tale of the beauty of toads and their influence in my life.