Even the Longest Journey Starts with a First Step...

After prodigious procrastination and a fumbling first foray, I'm attempting to join the blogging world. Patience please, with someone accustomed to written communication through pen and paper, and for whom a "dashboard " is what's below a vehicle's windshield, a "friend" is an animate being, and "twitter" is irritating chirping (come to think of it, maybe I'm still current on that one). So, here is the initial post and test run to embark on this mode of communication. It can only get better, right?