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Blog Park January 1st, 2010
There is a park about 3 or 4 minutes walk from my flat where I go sometimes to smoke a quiet joint by myself, and collect my thoughts.
It is a perfect place for the purpose. There are benches, although many of them are missing a slat or two. There are asphalt walkways, which are pushed up into natural speed bumps by the roots of the trees underneath them, and many of the trees are old and gnarly and thought provoking. It is not a big enough or important enough park for tourists to go there, so it’s never crowded. Sometimes somebody teaching their dog to fetch, or children learning to ride a bicycle, or a couple of old women on a slow walk.
Yesterday was a slushy, muddy day as it had snowed the day before and then the temperature shot up to well above 0. (I live in Europe. Centigrade makes much more sense than Fahrenheit anyway.) There were some very large puddles in the lawn, and you could see the majestic, ornate facades of the 19th century buildings across the street very clearly in them.
It was a natural made focal point for meditation, and the result was a sudden realization: this park should be the focal point of my blog. Whether I want to comment on the politics of the day, some new advance in science or the latest Hollywood sex scandal, it is a still, quiet place where I can put it all in perspective.
The blogs will be about this length, somewhere between 300-500 words. It is a snack-sized, easily digestible piece of reading. More than a tweet, less than a novel.
There are several reasons why I am starting a blog. For one, I’ve got time on my hands now that my wife is working and I’m staying home with the kids. Also, I’ve always wanted to be a writer and I’m not so young any more, so it’s now or never. Third, I honestly think I have some things to say that nobody else is saying.
So, here is my blog. Welcome to the inside of my head. I hope you like what you find there.
www.gurukalehuru.com 