Hello all, I'm back…kind of.  Been absolutely buried under work and life in general.  It's a pretty happy time right now, the garden is in, the business is moving along and the budget is about concluded.  Frankly, I haven't found much compelling to write about lately but I've got a sneaking suspicion that this is about to change.

Coffee on Friday anyone?  7:30, Simply Sweet.

The blog is back.  I’m not going to talk about what happened so don’t ask.  Suffice it to say that the signal to noise ratio got so far out of whack that, for the first time in 6 years, the blog came down.

However, it’s back.  I wanted to keep it down longer but I was really touched by the number of people who wrote (an actual letter), called, emailed and stopped by the office to lament the maintenance mode.  That was humbling.

The rules are the same now as they were before but with a twist: no anonymous posting.  All posters will have to create an account before they post.  The registration process is simple and therefore not foolproof but it is better than nothing.  Accounts might be suspended if I get tired of individuals.  Will it decrease the number of posts? Probably.  However, I write the blog for me and nobody else.  It’s a fact I’ve probably lost sight of over the years and it’s affected what and how I write.  If I’m succesful in passing along information, that’s great but I’m not the PR department.

Peace.