The First Day of a New Month; the First Entry to a New Blog

This is going to be rather off-the-cuff, as I'm not sure just how to begin this new foray into blogdom.  Should I open with a joke?
    
     "Hey sailor!  Do you know how to make anti-freeze?"
     "Sure!  Hide her nightgown."

Do I try and wax philosophical about the mysteries of the universe?

Being that I am not a scientist - nor did I ever take any science classes back in the forgone years of high school - such would not present itself as a viable option.

Maybe a bland observation of my immediate surroundings would prove of some measurable interest: I find myself in one of my favorite haunts: a coffee shop in my small burg of a town.  One barrister is behind the bar preparing a drink for a customer; the other is busy about decorating the window for the expectant crowds of tomorrow.  Overhead, the music is "Sentimental Journey" - though prior to my own  epoch of history, it stands as familiar to my senses nonetheless.

The coffee shop will be closing in an hour, so I had been kick my act into gear and finish this thing.

So, what should I write?  How should I begin?  What words should I place on this electronic sheet of paper?  Well, how about purpose?  Why am I doing this?  There stands a purpose to everything under the sun.  What is mine for this?

I suppose it has something to do with my planned trip I am "planning" - though 'horrible' is the best adjective I can come up with for my planning talents.

Such is far from my forte in skills.

Since early February of this year, when I drove my dad to the ancestral homelands for a meeting with his brother, my uncle; and since I began digging my persistent and curious nose into the family history from whence I sprung, I saw a trip retracing my ancestors steps in reaching where I am now (where I drove my dad to meet his brother that early day in February) was in order.  Hence, this forum to work at organizing my thoughts (as well as my plans) in pushing forward.  How do I thrust myself out of my complacency - and my utter fear for falling flat faced (how that for alliteration - every blog needs a measure of it) - when every move, every step, every thought forebodes doom and utter devastation?

Or maybe, I just need a swift kick in the head to knock some sense into me and expel the paranoia.

So, if interested, follow along and see what happens as I tread this winding road of perplexing life experiences.  See you along the journey.