Jeri poses a good question: Why do I write?

I don't know that there's an easy answer to that. I suppose I write mostly for myself, but always with others in mind. I suppose I'm not as certain about my thinking as other people are about theirs. One big reason why I write, it to test out my thinking before myself and those who read what I write. If I can put it down on paper (or a computer screen) and have it make sense, then I think I'm getting somewhere. The process of writing, is part of my process of thinking - writing things out helps me to formulate my thinking, to put shape to what was nebulous.

Most of the time, I find that once I write things out, my ideas are not quite as profound as I thought they were. The exception is, that the messages I post that don't "take" and disappear forever, are my most profound thoughts that would really impress all of you with how wise I really am.....

-Joe-