Hello, Friend.

This first post feels a bit like that moment when you jump into the deep end, not knowing if how deep your dive will take you. But I have been enjoying the web logs of so many artists for so long now, I've decided to throw my hat into the ring.

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My almost-two-year-old son has a favorite television show: Little Bill. We try to limit his exposure to the TV, but I find this little show so charming that it's on the very short list of What Ben Is Allowed To Watch.

Anyway, I mention this here, in my opening post, because I love (Bill Cosby's) Little Bill because the tiny cartoon incarnation greets everyone he meets with the salutation, "Hello, Friend."

How different would the world be if we all greeted each other that way?

So, here I go, greeting you, my treasured reader, the way I think we all should say hello for the first time: Hello, friend.

Glad to meet you. More to come soon.