Hello World!

Thanks for stopping by!

Life is not easy. There is so much going on around us. So much information to ingest, so many opinions to sort through, how do you make sense of it all? Talking it out has always helped.

The inspiration occurred during my two hour morning commute. As a creature of habit, I fought other commuters for this one regularly open seat by the window on my morning train. It was a two seater row and the other commuter in that row was partial to the aisle seat.

We eventually introduced ourselves as he became aware that if I had positioned myself on the platform just right, this was the seat I would be asking for. I do not remember when the casual comment turned to more lengthy discussions of politics, books, history, movies or current events. These conversations made me think and re-ignited my curiosity which I realized had been buried in the daily routine of my 9-5.

He recommended books and short stories to read, movies to watch. Some good, others not so much, but I soaked it up. We discussed and we challenged. During the back and forth, I found myself wondering, what would others say about which ever given topic was at hand, outside of these two seats, in the fifth car of the morning train.

This is what brought me to create this site. I want to know who is out there and what you think? I would like to know your thoughts. I don’t know what I hope to find. A different point of view, a new way of seeing things, a position where we can find common ground, come to an understanding or maybe even that we are more similar than we appear to be? Maybe it’s just to create a space for a productive discussion? It is yet to be seen, but I am curious.

At any rate, it all begins with a conversation.