Briefly...

Hello All,
Life's a bit nutty lately. My grandmother passed away on the 20th. My mother's mother, on my father's birthday no less. The extended family poured into town for the matriarch's funeral. It was rough, but expected--she was 94 after all, and in deteriorating health over the past several months. Still, we got through it, and I promptly got the worst cold in the world that has kept me completely out of it for the past week. I just thought I'd get on and say hello. I hope to get myself into the weekly blog mode in the next few weeks. That's all for now, but... keep an eye on this space!