Well, I didn't intend to take a 10-week break from posting here. Nonetheless, there it is... the time goes by before you know it. I have a few things to offer in my defense, though. In the intervening weeks, I've written and self-published a little pocketbook on Advent. I've begun compiling another book from material I wrote in August and September, spent several days in the Seattle area (including Vancouver BC) and began rewriting the end of the book I was compiling. I agreed to co-edit another book project with a colleague in Kelowna, and I've been keeping a steady pace at my pseudonymous blog. As if that weren't enough,