First Entry

It feels a little weird to be starting up a blog, creating a new project, when I'm still winding down the semester, but as my mother knows, I never did have the sense to finish one project before going on to the next.

I wanted to start this blog for a couple reasons. Mostly, I really wanted a way to share what I get up to with my family, a great number of whom I don't get to see very often (you know who you are). And then, secondarily, I have a large trip on Amtrak's Empire Builder coming up, and that lends itself well to a journal, I feel. Lots of time to sit and write on a 31 hour train trek.

So, here it is.