I have long been interested in having a place where I could express the random thoughts that rattle around in my head.  My kids will tell you that they rattle because my head is empty, but what do they know.  Those thoughts might take the form of poetry, prose, a new recipe I’m trying out, reactions to the news of the day, the current bee in my bonnet, things that made me laugh, or my thoughts on politics or other weighty subjects.  I’m rather eclectic that way (although my family might say scatter-brained).

I have a wide range of interests, and if you hit on one of them, I have a tendency to want to talk your ear off about them, but at other times, I’m quiet.  I sometimes say … if I’m quiet, I’m either thinking deep thoughts, plotting to take over the world, laughing at my internal monologue (I’m hilarious), or sleeping with my eyes open (a trick I learned in the Army).   I’ll let you decide, so take your pick.  I don’t claim to be a great writer, although I am a published author, or that anyone should care about what I’m thinking; I just want a place to put down my thoughts and if you find them amusing, disturbing, thought provoking, or nonsense, I don’t really care.  I write for myself … it’s therapeutic.

If you’ve read this far, then welcome.  Feel free to look around and if you have a comment on something I write here, feel free to e-mail me at derykbrandt@frommypen.net.