MATCHBOX WORLD

Peer pressure is still strong at 43. That is partially why I began this blog(everybody's doing it!),....But even greater is the fantasy of being my own publisher and the remote possibility that someone besides me may read and like my stuff. It's sort of the same feeling I got when I was a boy in Memphis, creating my own world in a patch of dirt under a tree in my front yard with just a couple of Matchbox cars. On any muggy summer day in the late 60's, my best friend, Bill Gibson would venture across the street with a few of his best Matchbox cars, possibly a Hot Wheels car or two, and we would begin our roles as creators of universes. Whether we started early in the morning or late in the afternoon,...it didn't really matter, we were always able to incorporate everything that any good blockbuster action movie could offer,....shootouts, fast cars, a police chase, big explosions(we didn't really venture into lasciviousness at that age),....but anything could happen in a few hours. We could begin and finish whole worlds in hours or sometimes they could last a week or two. We created characters with names and personalities and preferences in life. We came up with dialogue for each character and scenarios in which their lives occured,.....all on the spot,...from the top of our heads,....improvised. But as quickly and easily as we created our universes, they would all dissolve in an instant at a simple ring of the popsicleman's bells. I guess this blogging stuff could be a close replica of sorts. One day I could be seriously into keeping this blog going, making improvements, adding photos, graphics, etc, and the next I could be running out the door chasing a "bomb pop". Welcome guests. My world may appeal to you, or it may not,....but the beautiful thing is that if you don't like my world you can create your own.