MY FIRST BLOG POST

I’ve thought about having a blog for some time now.  I don’t really know why I should want one, it just seems like something I should have as part of the cyber side of myself.  Although I’m very computer literate and internet savvy I admit that I haven’t really been keeping up with the fast moving pace of technology.  I have had multiple internet domains to promote my music for years.  I have a personal Facebook page and a musician/artist Facebook page.  I have a twitter account but I do not use it.  I've only sent four tweets in a year.  I have a cell phone but I still only use it for verbal communication and I haven’t moved into the world of smart phones.  Mine is an old flip style phone and I don't text with it, don’t take pictures with it, don't surf the internet on it and I have downloaded no apps to it.  I have also not yet bought a tablet or electronic book reader.  I still read my books and magazines the old fashioned way and I still surf the internet on a traditional computer.  I do have an Ipod and have embraced the convenience and portability of the technology but I still prefer to buy CD’s over downloading music so that I can read the liner notes and overall I still prefer the audio quality of analog.  And now I have a blog and I’m wondering just what I’m going to do with it.  Somehow it all just seems to be too much!!  What am I supposed to do with all this cyber space that’s available to me??  What do I fill it with and where do I find the time to fill it??  It seems I would have to be connected and entering content continually just to be able to keep everything tied together.  Twitter, Facebook, blogging, website uploads, texting, skype, email.  It's mind boggling!!  And in taking the time to deal with all of this available cyber communication how much of the real world will I be missing??  The connection I have with nature and the planet. Tasting the salty smell of the Bay as my sailboat catches the wind, digs in and begins to slice through the waves.  Sitting at the waters edge on a hot, humid Maryland night under the twinkling stars and full moon watching the aerial light show dance of fireflies  against the contrast of the dark woods on the other side of my small cove.  Walking on a brisk, late November evening as a damp, foggy warm-front gives way to a windy cold -front that is opening the door for the coming Winter.  The real world sights, sounds, smells, interactions and experiences that I enjoy and that have made me the person I am.  I realize that I am fast growing old and that I am not of a generation that has grown up with and/or is growing up with all of this technology that surrounds them.  They know nothing other than this and they are faster, quicker and smarter than I'll ever be at figuring out and utilizing it all.  Still, I have to wonder if something isn’t being given up in exchange for this instant and interconnected world we now live in.  There is a yin and a yang in life.  A tidal ebb and flow.  Something found means something lost and I think something is in the process of being lost.  Maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing, I don't know.  Only time will tell I guess but what I do know is that it's all moving too fast for me.  I'm slowing down while the world is picking up speed.  Are we speeding toward a sociological or civilizational crash and burn or are we evolving toward a new and different level of enlightenment??  I have no idea.  The question I'm currently pondering is whether it's worth it to try to keep up with it all.  Oh, and just what the hell I’m going to do with this blog.  Hmmmmm