(Post was actually written the first week of March and post did not publish) 

I have been absent.  Did I slow down?  No.  For awhile I had a good deal of inspiration and could not get to the computer.  Then even the creative was sapped through daily toil.  In addition, pictures I had hoped to post could not be found, so I spent a number of hours going through my shoe boxes.  Do not go away, dear reader (s); I shall return in a burst of time and creativity some day hence.