The Christmas Season

Well, here it is - Christmas Day.  Another year of getting pounded with "come shop with us ads" is finally over.  Of course, we'll only enjoy a 24 hour respite for tomorrow, begins the endless barrage of "After Christmas" sales.  Is this reality what Christmas has become?  I hope not.  Christmas is a time of new hope.  No matter your travails, tomorrow will most assuredly be better.  With this thought in mind, I've decided to dust off my much neglected blog and return to the pen, electronic though it may be.  Not writing has possibly lead to mental lethargy for me.  It is time to revive myself and look at the world anew.  In the upcoming year, I hope to let my mind wander down an unknown trail while carrying you along with me.  Who are we?  Why do we think we're so important?  Where are we headed?  Where do we fit in the great scheme of things?  As always, I'll pursue these questions in Mother Nature's world and will more than likely never find any answers however; the answers lie hidden in the search.  The only way to really feel "small" is to escape our urbanized existence and exist in a world where we've become an outsider.  Whether it be on skis or wearing hiking boots, I promise to stuff you in my backpack and share the wonders of the back-country with you.  Let the wandering begin.