I think the only material resolution I had this year was to start writing again.  This meant starting a blog.

You may ask “Start writing again?  Did I miss your first blog?”

No you didn’t.  But in a way you did.

I did (for at least 17 years) carry on a very enjoyable correspondence with my late cousin, Jason Facer.

We would discuss myriad topics.  Sports, with emphasis on Baseball and Boxing.  Politics.  History.  Personal matters.  Movies.  Fitness, especially bodybuilding, weightlifting, and nutrition.  Religion.  Science.  Just about anything that we found fascinating, and we enjoyed so many similar fascinations.

Jason died on the 4th of July last year (2016).

Jason has always been my inspiration for writing.  The likelihood is you have not have heard of him; but for me, and I mean this with all of my heart, he was the greatest writer I ever read.  Period.  You may think that is exaggeration on my part, perhaps a personal bias, but I believe it.

He inspired me to write better.  To think deeper.  To analyze more thoroughly.

He would never put me down for not being on his level; rather he always complimented me on merit and yet wouldn’t hesitate to disagree with me, if he felt differently.  I loved that.

He had many contrarian ideas.  I disagreed with him on many things.  But the thing is, that I too have many contrarian ideas.

We had some wonderful correspondence.  Even our texting brought needed relief, it was always good to know I had someone to bounce virtually ANY idea off of.

I miss Jason.  I miss writing.

Now I will write again.  I hope you can read this from the heavens above Jason.

There is a power to writing.  Everyone lives, dies, and ultimately returns to their maker.

Ideas, words, can live on long after we’ve departed this earth life.

Truth can never be stamped out.  Truth is eternal.  God is the embodiment of all truth, power, goodness, justice, and mercy.  He is Eternal.

I dedicate this blog to the quest for uncovering truth, to finding contrarian thoughts and ideas that are true, while having some fun too.

I hope it helps you in some way.  I know it will be therapeutic for me.

Godspeed Jason, I’ll be thinking of you as I begin a new chapter in my life, my entry into the blogosphere…hopefully I don’t incinerate upon entry!