That's "Eclectic," not Electric. I considered calling it Ken Loyd's Procrastination Blog since I have had a hard time deciding what my focus would be (note to Jennifer and Amanda: I actually posted my first post less than one month after my retirement date, Friday, June 13). But "Eclectic" came to me as I thought over the multitude of interests I have and the many topics I hope to discuss in the months and years to come. When I was a senior education major at UNC-Chapel Hill we studied the whole spectrum of education philosophies, then had to write about our own. I saw pros and cons in each one, upsides and downsides, but fortunately, "Eclectic" was also a choice. I didn't know the word previously, but found that it meant "pots-pourri" or "a little bit-o-this; a little bit-o-that."

This may be a cop-out, but eclectic is right for me. In 33 years of teaching, my philosophy developed, but was always a matter of picking and choosing from what I felt were the best available teaching practices. In hobbies as well, my interests range far and wide, from literature to music to sports. Even in dining, I think it's appropriate that my and Judy's favorite restaurant, 195 in Southern Pines, describes its cuisine as eclectic. And that's good because I also like all kinds of food (credit and kudos to Judy for that!).

This may be an inadequate introduction for my new blog, but as my 94 year-old father tells me, I've got the rest of my life to do whatever I want. So I wish to promptly announce that . . . I will definitely NOT be blogging every day because Judy and I will soon be visiting North Carolina's land of waterfalls. But now that I've taken the plunge into the world of blogging I'm going to be doing a lot of something I did in my 3rd grade classroom-- brainstorming!