What's in a Word?

Eclectic – Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad, diverse range of sources.

Fence Post – Wooden or metal post set in the ground as a supporting part of a fence.

 I think this an ideal name for a blog of the kind I seek to write.  First of all, I wish to feel free to write about most anything that catches my fancy or interest along the way.  Besides, I have no niche of any kind to focus a blog on.  I have no specialties!  And anyway, I think it’s more fun to just write about a variety of stuff.  Variety – spice – life – that’s the idea!

And what better  place to observe all this variety than from sitting atop a fence post. It’s quite the vantage point.   When I was working and in small town politics, it sometimes helped me see life better if  I removed myself from whatever was going on around me by hoisting myself on top of the old fence post to just observe everything and everyone from a detached, objective place.

I could then see things hidden from my senses while on the ground.  Issues became clearer, people were easier to discern; solutions to “problems” were enhanced.  It is a marvelous perch from which to view life, and actually make some sense of it!

I used to tell the folks I was responsible for, that if they could only master that ability – to separate themselves from the crowd, climb up on the fence, and observe, they would see a world new to them.  And that view could really help them in many ways.

You ought to try it as well.

Mark Twain quote:

“Be careful about reading health books.  You may die of a misprint.”