Hello friends in the blogosphere. I'm new at this, so be gentle with me. Over time, you will learn to like me. I will grow on you like a soft, fuzzy mold. But for now, we're just feeling our way and taking a few, tentative steps toward engagement on a deeper level.

Each new experiment in relationship, whether it is virtual or in the "real world," entails some amount of risk. Nothing inspires me more about the human enterprise than this: our ability to try again. To risk anew. Despite the bitter disappointments, failures, bruises, scars, we keep on at it.

Something admirable (or stupid?) about that.