My First Post

Good Morning Blogging World!
Its a beautiful day here in the Mountains with plenty of sunshine warming the earth from a cold night last night. As I look out over the Rockies I can't help but smile, as these are the days I feel truly blessed to live in such a magnificent area. I sometimes grow tired of the cold nights and erratic weather here, but when the sun bathes everything in its resplendent light it truly reminds me why I moved here more than 5 years ago.

Let me start by saying that I haven't written anything of substantive value in over a year. Please bear this in mind, as you may have to excuse my first few blogs due to the dustiness of my figurative pen and pad. I have always loved the written word: Writing has always been an excellent outlet for me, and it feels great to nurture that part of my soul once again. Even as I write this somewhat abstract first post, I feel my mood lighten and become bright like the sun outside.
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The purpose behind my blog, 'Pausing the World One Moment at a Time', is to hearken back to a simpler time where the pace of life was slower, and our society revolved more around community and less around individualism. A time when people still took time to acknowledge life and one's surroundings. A time when we still took a moment to appreciate life's simpler pleasures: The crunching of fresh snow under a worn tennis shoe, or the way a lilac tree smells on a warm spring day. These are the moments that can truly provide us happiness and a sense of connectedness in our lives, yet so often they go unnoticed and under appreciated. This is the essence of pausing the world.

That's it for now -- I hope that I've whet your curiosity.... Much more to come....

A.S. Bloom