Why am I writing a blog?

Well many of my friends have said that I should write a book of my travels and experiences from my career in resources exploration and development in different parts of the world. I thought that would be interesting but concluded that books are passe. We live in a new world, changed by the internet and with more opportunities to be seen by a much larger audience, all for free. So why not write my book as a blog? That seems like a better idea, at least to me.

So here it is, the first post of my blog. I don't know what to expect from it. Maybe someone will read it. Maybe many someones will read it. I guess we'll find out during the course of the writing and posting.

What do I hope to achieve by this? I'm not entirely sure yet. Maybe someone will read it and find some of my experiences interesting. Perhaps someone will read it and learn something from my 40+ years of visiting some far away lands and searching for and developing gold, silver, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel, oil & natural gas. They might find some of the people I've met to be interesting. They might even find some of my philosophy of life worth remembering. Time will tell.

Drop a comment as you read this and tell me why you read the blog and what you think of it. We all learn by listening to others. Remember, God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth so that we could listen twice as much as we speak. I'm listening. I hope you enjoy it and keep coming back for more posts.

Have a great day!