'Twas about a week or so ago. No, it wasn't a dark and stormy night. Mighta been a rainy day, though. I don't really remember. I didn't really know letterboxing from The Lambada. I was just looking for different types of treasure hunting activities for a short article I was ghostwriting. I didn't have more than a paragraph to describe the hobby, so I barely smudged the surface. Once I had enough information to write the piece and be done with the whole thing, well... I kept reading.
Oh, I tried to move on at first. But I kept coming back. Every time I thought I understood the hobby -- and the audience to whom it appealed -- I'd uncover another facet which required another skill set and could appeal to whole other group of hobbyists. By the time I really *did* have it more or less figured out, I was staring at a fairly large gem. And I realized something: several of the hobbies I had dabbled in previously were involved! And since I'm always up for learning a new skill set... yeah. I got hooked. Hard.
I have an overactive imagination anyway, and I get lots of ideas. Combine that with an interesting new hobby (or set of hobbies), and there's only one thing to do with an itch like that. Gotta scratch it.
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