Tentative Return?

I’ve been in good company in my recent absence from blogging. Frank Paynter’s blog was silent for a time, but now he’s back—most recently with a moving piece about his father.

Now that Frank’s back, I guess I should step back in the waters as well. I’m not sure, though, that I can get my heart into it for the time being. I’ve got a ton of spring projects, and I don’t do well with blogging when I’m extra busy.

And now, there’s the war. It depresses the hell out of me. When I’m depressed, I generally don’t like to write. But maybe I’ll find some therapeutic value in it. I can’t say yet. If this blog is thin—or even silent-- for a while, the sadness over the war will be the reason—not because I dropped off the planet