Shamed into Communication

It's true.
I've finally been bludgeoned into creating a weblog, or "blog" as the kids call it these days.
After the fifteenth friend mentioned in passing that they only have the blog so that their out-of-town friends and families can keep up with their lives and children, I started to feel this uncomfortable feeling that I can only describe as crushing guilt.
So, "Hello Starling" was born. Why "Hello Starling"? Katanderic, noralee, lauerfamily and goddamnhippy.blogspot.com were all taken.
Seriously.
Also, it's the title of a Josh Ritter album and is a line from the song "Snow is Gone." Check it out here: http://www.joshritter.com/album_starling.shtml
We sang this album to Nora in it's entirety many nights when she was a newborn and still use it as a soporific frequently.
Now that the blog is created, I promise to post exactly often enough to keep the demons of guilt at bay.