As Eeyore would say, Pathetic. Meaning me, that is. Which is to say that I have not posted in a very, very long time. There are of course reasons - finishing manuscript, taking long-overdue vacation from home and wireless internet service, forgetting that my blog has been reconfigured so even my dog can easily post to it notwithstanding her lack of opposable thumbs - but none of that matters now. I am back. Which is probably a good thing because I have a book coming out any day now. And because I was asked to contribute to another blog and the powers that be might rescind that invite if they discovered that I post about as often as I rotate my car's tires. Shh... don't tell them, okay?