Which is really to say that since starting this blog back up back in….what was it? 2013? 2012? I have always known that the most traffic comes from fresh material.

I do like to toss in a few of my older writings just to remind myself where I have come from, and where I might be going. And there are more than enough times when I have just been too lazy to drag some thought kicking and screaming out of my head and put it to….screen…..can’t even say to page.

Starting to write online lo these so many years ago, I don’t think that I fully understood my responsibility to you, the reader. I ask you to read the words I put out there in the ether….to spend your well earned free time with my thoughts.

In reality, I am a retailer of sorts. Offering you something for that time. I owe you value for that time. You reading what I put here is my payment. To keep you, I have to continue giving you value. I need to give you something to entertain, or to provoke thought.

That value is something that I have struggled with in years past. I have posted argumentative pieces. I have posted humor. I have posted my reflections on what I view throughout my wanderings. As of late, I have chosen to no longer post political pieces. I have chosen to separate myself from stirring that overflowing pot.

That all being said, I have the time and desire to increase my postings. I hope that you find something of value here. The graphic on my blog page was chosen for a specific purpose. I imagine having a cup of coffee with each and every one of you….even those from China, and all of the other far-flung lands that stop here.

And speaking of coffee….man, oh man do I miss good Cuban coffee. Even though it was given to those of us on the traveling reset crew as a way to fire us up to make it through to the end of the day. Damn that coffee is tasty.