The Time Has Come

It’s time for me to blog.

Blogging has been around for a couple decades now yet I have resisted joining in.  Other than documenting my 2.5 year trip around-the-world on mikethenomad.com, I have not regularly published my thoughts online.  I’m not into social media, not into telling you about every move I make and then awaiting your comments.  I want to write about real things: politics, religion, parenting, racism, guns, travel….life.  I have a lot of experience (I’m 46 as of this writing), seen a few places, done a few things…so it’s time I started writing it down..

I philosophize a lot.  At BBQs in my backyard, at the office, at the dinner table, at the brewery….it seems people find my stories and opinions generally interesting, so why not reach out to a wider audience?

I hope you enjoy it.  I hope it provokes thought.  I hope you disagree.  I hope most of all that we can discuss it, at BBQs, at the office, at the dinner table, at the brewery…as a country we’ve lost our ability to converse, especially with those from the “other” side.

I want to bring it back.  I want my blog to help resurrect the national conversation.  Too lofty? Meh, I’ve got to try.

Michael Kivisto