I entered Freemasonry in Exmouth Lodge #344 (Exmouth, Western Australia) while stationed at NAVCOMMSTA-H.E.Holt with the U.S. Navy. My initiation, a month after my 22nd birthday (my investigation took several extra months as a lot of it had to be done in the U.S.) was February 14, 1974. I was passed three months later, and raised three months after that in August. I was the first American initiated in that Lodge, and thought that I had learned quite a bit about Freemasonry in my time there. That was until I traveled back to the U.S. and discovered that Freemasonry can be VERY different while being very much alike at the same time.

After the Navy and college, I settled back in Texas. I'm an "endowed" (lifetime) member of Sugarland Lodge #1141, and endowed in Scottish Rite and Arabia Shrine. Thru the years, I've had many conversations with men interested in Freemasonry.

As a traveling man, I often wonder about the "network" of people that I've had the pleasure of interacting with. A few years ago, my son and I played with geocaching for a bit. Geocaching involves using a handheld GPS and information from any of a number of internet websites to find a geocached object. Once the object was located, we would then go back on to the source website and add our story to the object's journal. One of the more interesting aspects of this hobby was reading the stories written by other geocachers. While never actually meeting any of these other participants, we were still part of the community and felt a connection with the geocachers in our area (sometimes we would locate a cache before some people, sometimes after).

Then I had the idea of creating a similar website for Masons. But instead of having an object cached somewhere, have a "token" that would do the traveling from man to man to man. The token (designed and waiting for artwork) is a serial numbered coin. Each coin would have it's own journal to chronicle the travels.

One of the early decisions was what to name the website. As a Brother, I'm sure that you realize the significance of Psalm 133. The name seemed appropriate.

So, here we are. Website is now pretty much "up and running". (April 2008) The tokens are awaiting final artwork and then to production (anticipating two more months until they are in hand).

June 2008. The tokens (coins) have arrived! The image at the top of each page is the front of the token, and the image at the bottom of each page is the back. Due to the VERY high cost of having the coins individually engraved with serial numbers, I decided that it would be easier and (a lot) less expensive to stamp the numbers on the tokens by hand. Another small problem needing solution was how to implement a guestbook, bulletin board, or other mechanism for people to enter the travel stories and to read about particular tokens. As I'm not a webpage guru, I relied on advice from my son who recommended using a commercial bulletin board program called "vBulletin". It was pretty easy to install, and so far it seems pretty easy and straightforward to use. Your comments are certainly welcomed.

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