Blogging

Today, I type my first words as a..."blogger".

Why the hesitation and use of quotation marks? Not because I am reluctant to be associated with the term. No, quite the contrary. I just don't believe that I yet possess the dazzling writing skills required to be considered one of "them".

You know who I’m talking about. The seemingly ordinary citizens walking among us by day – the Clark Kents of the office, the Peter Parkers behind the pizza shop counter – but whom, come nightfall, wow the world with their literary prowess under secret aliases. Surely, their ability to turn daily humdrum into reading delight, to blog diligently at the end of a long day rather than fall into bed or in front of the idiot-box must be superhuman.

What do you think, dear reader? Is good blogging some sort of innate gift, or a skill to be acquired and mastered? I suppose that is something you and I will soon discover amidst the numerous little black letters fighting to escape my fingertips. 

So, it is with great respect for my fellow bloggers, the English language, your eyes and my own sanity that I tentatively embark on my journey into Blogworld...

Hope to see you along for the ride!