Goodness! What a long time since I last posted an entry! Chalk it up to work load (work-related writing that makes it less than thrilling to write in my free time), increased workload with my masters class, turning 40 (I was weepy throughout October at the thought of embarking on my fourth decade in January), an overload of political maundering (made me avoid the internet in November), the holidays, the economy, and a wretched rhinovirus that made me felt as if I’d been stomped by a rhino.

All that now being past, I’m ready-ish to pick up the reins again and launch myself into a second year of blogging. Time flies, whether or not you’re having fun, so I hope each of you, Dear Readers, will fall back into your occasional habit of checking in with my blog. With any luck–and perhaps with some better work/life balance–I’ll have something to say…