The Wild Fields

I've kept other blogs before and always enjoyed the experience, but I've never kept one up for long. Tenkara Advendturer was a really fun project, but my personal interests and my aims in blogging have expanded; nowadays I don't see the sense in limiting myself to one topic.

Over the last three years I've become a compulsive note taker, mostly as a practical strategy to overcome my absentmindness. Despite mixed results (I still manage to forget things), note-taking has been a great way to clarify and order my thoughts, and once I got in the habit I found the act of writing itself to be a bit addictive. It's also fascinating to look back at old thoughts, ideas, or snippets of information that made an impression on me.

I'd like this blog to be a place where I can compose my thoughts and ideas, and share links and other interesting info that catch my attention without any thematic boundaries. This might not be the best strategy to gain an audience, but that's not my goal. 

I chose the name The Wild Fields from dyky poly, a term used frequently in Ukrainian literature to describe the free and open steppe of central Ukraine where the persecuted sought escape and refuge. My title The Wild Fields is meant to evoke that sense of freedom and possibility.