Hello ~ Is any body out there? I’m back . . . I’ve missed my quaint little Web site, but I did take a much needed break. I stayed away longer than planned because I found myself overwhelmed with the idea of writing How can I sum everything I’ve been up to in one blog! I can’t. So I’m going to ease back in slowly. Take it one post at a time. I am also nervous because I fear I won’t be able to blog as often as I was before (once a day M-F), but that’s okay. I’ll do what I can when I can. What will keep me from blogging are 1. The book proposal (Yup. Still working on it. It’s the longest one I’ve ever written because I’m promising a book much longer than my first two. I have to prove I have it in me =). And I’m also teaching an online class, which is new and exciting. Other than that, I’ll give a quick summary of me:

- Vienna was fabulous!

- Reader Rodney wrote me two awesome letters with his amazing calligraphy

- Reader Masa sent me an origami letter in the shape of a swan

- I had brunch with reader and fellow blogger Christina in New York two weeks ago

- I turned 30. Yay!

More details on each happening to come. I hope that you’ve all been up to good things, too.