I have wanted to write a blog for a while. Handsome Husband is always saying after one
of our late night, wine-induced sessions of world problem solving (we could so
fix everything if they would just let us run the world from our couch) that I
should “write that down.”
But what do I call this wonderful blog?
I know it sounds silly to be stymied for years because of a name, but it
is important to me to find something that will encapsulate my insatiable
passion to know new things and quirky way of seeing the world. Pam’s blog just will not do. Then, early this week, in the middle of insomnia
fog at four in the morning the phrase “rabbit trails” popped into my head. Hmmmm…
In homeschool circles a rabbit trail is one of those
delicious bits of learning that happens when we venture off the lesson
plans. A freaky bug shows up clinging to
our window and we’re off exploring the six- legged world. A chance encounter with an archeologist at
Jamestown and the kids are holding a musket ball that last saw daylight in 1610
and deciding that archeology has to be the most exciting profession ever. Rabbit trails are those days when curiosity
gets released from its mason jar and flies around the living room. Rabbit
trails definitely sums up how I like to follow inspiration wherever it leads
and whenever it shows up.
The next morning I decided
to search the web for a nifty definition of rabbit trails to start the
blog. Imagine my surprise to find that
the top five hits say a rabbit trail is a meandering path that doesn’t lead to
anywhere. A waste of time. A journey for nothing.
What? A waste of
time? Not even close. My best days are when I’m following my
ADD-addled brain to some destination that was not on the map when I woke
up. Some op-ed piece in the paper makes
me righteously indignant and I’m off meandering
through Keynesian economics for two hours (in the middle of the morning, when I
should be attending to laundry and math lessons, sigh).
So, I’m off on a rabbit trail with this blog and I have no
idea where it’s going to take us. Here’s
to the journey…
