Absence makes the blog grow fonder...

I have been a bit more casual about my blogs since my grandfather passed away. It seems that when my father became the elder statesman of the family, I realized that I was not too far from being next in succession -- and I did a bit of introspective thought as one is wont to do. As a bit of an introvert by nature, extrovert only by force -- this did not lend itself to keeping up with the blogging. My bad.