Moss From A Rolling Stone - Why The Push?

Welcome to my new blog.

I have decided to ‘slip the surly bonds of earth’ (High Flight by John Gillespie Magee ) and cascade into the limitless, unknown realm of ‘blogosphere’.

Searching for a name for my blog occupied hours of research and an equal amount of time rolling the title around my mind to test it out.

It should, I concluded, tell about me … where I came from … where I am … and where I may be going.

Eventually I baptized my blog – MOSS FROM A ROLLING STONE.

It’s a play on the well known maxim – ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’.

I chose it because I disagree with its message. I believe a rolling stone or other objects, inanimate or living, does gather moss and other flotsam and jetsam as it gently meanders or ferociously tumbles through its progressing experience.

ME – this ‘rolling stone’ has churned through nearly seven decades of life on this earth, and I have collected ‘moss’ of many varieties.

So, if you wish, in the days ahead I would like to share some ‘moss’ with you. To do so, come back to this page frequently.

It’s ironic, in our vastly advanced era of technology, that I should select my blog’s name from a phrase coined 2100 years ago, by Publius Syrus, whose artistic talents enabled him to transform words into maxims to be remembered and passed along to future generations.

Maybe the past reflects the mirrored images of the present and future.

Thanks for reading my first blog; please return soon for more moss from a still rolling stone.