Why this blog?

• Because it is fun and could be of interest.

Philosophy/mission statement: careful wording, courtesy, accuracy, learning, public speaking and communication skills.

Readership enjoyment.

• Why am I blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• As a learning tool
• For training/educational posts on communication
• For sharing the wonders of weather and climate, and maybe poetry

Looking forward to the experiment

Ellen Churchill Semple (1911):  “Man can no more be scientifically studied apart from the ground which he tills, or the lands over which he travels, or the seas over which he trades, than polar bear or desert cactus can be understood apart from its habitat”.