Many folks have asked why I am telling the story of Building the Ravenel Bridge and Unbuilding the Grace and Pearman Bridges. I have a curiosity and passion for learning and how to convey to others the fun in learning. Learning is all about brain training and learning creates options for us. Options give us flexibility in the way we care for our families, friends and communities - often in ways that we could not anticipate.

Early learning centers were around story tellers and monastaries because that is where the experiences and books were. Over time, no university could survive without its own library of resources and if I wanted to learn something I had to travel to the local community or university library.

The Internet evaporates distance - so when I need to learn something, my travel is from wherever I am to the nearest web browser. My view is that the world is now the library, the Internet makes the world's learning opportunities available to all, and Google is the card catalog (even more).

Now that I am based in Singapore, there are many ways to direct my curiosity and many things to learn - cultural lessons, wildlife etc. I have focused here on insects - an extension of my US-based curiosity of spiders and their behavior. If you have suggestions, know of links or ideas that want a home within some of the story segments, send me your ideas email. Frank January 22, 2007.