For those curious for an update from the sticks here, the weather has been from HEAVEN for weeks now (sitting here with the window open -- even the frogs have come out!) -- I wish I’d scheduled some vacation time! The weather party promises to end after the rain brings in a cold front for the weekend though -- winter returns...along with high gas bills. Could’ve stayed beautiful at least for one more weekend...

I may be scarce for a season...family issues to work on (growing children with a ‘past’ to clean up -- a never-ending challenge) and a new website to build. When my old dial-up ISP shuts off towards the end of the month, so will my old website which they hosted and which was built with their templates. Circumstances finally forcing me to get off my duff and learn my Dreamweaver and HTML. Will be doing a series of drawings/paintings for a local event coming up in the spring and will need to get moving on marketing my artwork -- since the exposure at the event will generate more attention, I need to give the impression I’ve got my ducks in a row! On second thought, if I want to make any money, I need to actually GET my ducks in a row!