Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura ché la diritta via era smarrita.

And thus begins the journey. The quote is from Dante, the beginning of the Inferno - everyman's journey through the various stages of life - from Hell to Heaven, if you will. I write this for my enjoyment and to remember life's journeys as they occur or in jumbles, spurts, and fraught with voids.