Welcome to my world. When i was a very small child i dreamt a blob devoured me. blog/blob. i begin this journey with no small amount of trepidation that our blogs may have some secret power to suck out our very souls. how silly, i say and take my first step through the looking glass, down the veritable rabbit hole, into the world of cyber-reality. i step carefully now..come join me.

My father's family can be traced to the Welsh borderland of England--a small hamlet of Malpas, extant since before Roman Times--and occupied even today. My surname has become part of the landscape not only there, but also in west Texas, and California too. Stockton. A good strong name. Today we are entering our own Brave New World here in America, and knowing my ancesters are from their own original Malpas, I feel a kinship to those outliers from Malpais of Orwell's world. Enough for today, the end of July 2009.