Hello everyone, First of all, I’m sorry for the (almost a year now) unexpected pause, and I’m actually here to note that for a while at least, this will need to continue. I think, if I remember, I was doing a great job of balancing work, life and writing until last spring, when the added pressure of trying to find someone to fill my job was just a little too much – I don’t even think I read much more than L Frank Baum last summer! We are now currently in Southern California, awaiting the beginning of the next adventure, which is that I am about to hike the Pacific…