I have a confession to make. I like lists. Always have probably always will.

I like to catalogue and I like to plan. I'm one of those sad people who love spreadsheets and I can still remember the thrill I had when I first started writing databases.

Even as a boy I kept them. A list of all the books I had read, started in the back of a large red diary that I still have tucked away in a box somewhere. Throughout the years I have added to this list with every book I have read. It migrated across to journals and then a spreadsheet and now an Access database. There's a large number of Ray Bradbury books on that list, most of which have multiple entries.

Lowerton, on my HO scale switching layout, started as a staging yard 12.5 inches below Upperton. Additional lower shelf space was added providing what was called Lowerton  docks. The problem, a one person switching layout where more than half the time was spent reaching under the shelf was a pain in the backside.

It's about time I start blogging about my railroad modeling interests. I have the tendency to get started doing something (model railroading for instance) then after a few months, other things seem to draw me away for a while. So I may blog a few times a week, then go months without anything!

However, the nice thing for me is I just got involved with a very active model railroad group just a few miles away, and I'm sure I can draw some writing inspirations from this group.