If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you may have noticed something… I sort of vanished. Back in August 2024, I cheerfully announced I was heading off on summer vacation, and then apparently decided to take the scenic route back. What I didn’t anticipate was how much my other hobbies would distract me from writing. I dove head-first back into painting, and some of my artwork got accepted into shows, pieces sold, and I spent more hours than I can count happily s