You've gotta, or so goes the saying. So I'm going to start with guidelines:
The writing on this blog will be straightforward and as cleanly edited as possible.
I will only write about subjects and events that are reasonably close to me, with an eye toward direct reporting. I'm going to stick to what I can see, hear, and experience and my posts will contain within them something of the place(s) where they were written.
I will read and research widely and carefully in order to write informed posts.
Written posts will be occasional and thematic.
Lastly, while staying within the guidelines I've just set out (striving for clarity and accuracy; choosing subjects based on proximity and access; ensuring that the occasional posts are coherent and interesting), I plan to incorporate my awareness of "goings on in the world" by referencing the "stuff" that's informing my point of view at the moment. Those references will take various forms: links, quotes, references, pictures.
Is all this too obvious? Did I just over-think something as simple as a blog?
If so, I apologize, and the place to start is here. We're at the end of the beginning. I've cleared my throat long enough. More to come.
