howdy!

I've missed you! Did you think I had decided to hibernate again this winter? I'm sorry about my long, and until now unexplained, absence.

This winter has been the opposite of last winter (which was characterized by a 3-month hermitage/slight depression and definite anxiety/sheer panic that the sun would never shine, and I would never feel warm, again), which means - things are good, and I've been busy! Between my first semester at the U of M, work, marriage, social life, and travel, I have seriously (but temporarily) had to relegate other things, like my dear old blog, to the back burner of my life.

Overall though, I'm feeling happy, having fun, enjoying plenty of time with good friends, working some things out, making progress at school, making plans, and embracing winter life in MN more than ever. I'm feeling positive, connected, excited, hopeful, determined, academic, optimistic, and yes, ready for spring.

With some luck, and some very careful time management, I hope to get caught up with the blog sometime this week. For now, I'm off to class (American Indian Literature - fascinating!).

Work by Thomas Allen (a former Gopher!), found here.