Look everyone!  I created a blog!  Now, I know there are about 1,000,000,000 of these things out there, and that any market survey would suggest that there is hardly a need for a new one.  But I am hoping that this one will find a small amount of space to occupy in this crowded part of the World.

Who am I?  What will be in the blog?  And who is Florence?  All very good questions; here are some short answers, by way of an introduction.

I am the husband of an extraordinary wife and the father of three children.  Our oldest boy, J, is 5 years old; the second, G (also a boy) is 3 years old; and the third is E, our spunky daughter, who is approaching 17 months.  Like many other parents of young children, we spend a great deal of our time chasing them around.

What will be in the blog?  Mostly reflections on, and descriptions of, ordinary, day-to-day life.  Being a parent, there will probably be lots about that peculiar adventure.  But to be honest, I’m not totally sure what will end up in here; and after spending far too much time trying to come up with a perfect, all-encompassing introduction, I am content with leaving it at that.

Who is Florence?  She is my grandmother.  She left us a good while ago.  In thinking about whether to create this blog, I struggled with figuring out who would read it.  I am still not convinced anyone will.  But she would, I think, and I suppose that’s enough of a readership for now.

Here it goes.