Good afternoon, and thank you for your patience.

As you’ve noticed if you’re a regular reader, my blog posting has been light for more than a year now. You may also be aware that I’ve been keeping dog’s hours (is that a real saying? Sounds right, but most dogs I know generally sleep when they like and work very little) studying online for my Master’s in Library and Information Science.

This, of course, explains my frequent absences. I’m stuffing my head full of high-falutin’ book-larnin’ notions, and now figure I’m too good for simple folk like you.

No, no, no, of course not. The sooner I can get away from academics, the happier I’ll be. I’m a pin-headed Middle American yahoo, and the stress of trying to blend in with my classmates (even online) may kill me before I get through to graduation.

But I’m doing OK. Generally good grades, especially on my papers.

This week was spring break. I didn’t actually relax much because the Norwegian publisher I’ve been translating for, with exquisite timing, dropped some more work on me. I’ll get the translation back to them later today, so that worked out. The book, by the way, is supposed to be titled The Viking Legacy now, and seems to be coming late spring or in the summer. I’ll keep you posted.

In other news, my bad hip continues to improve under a regimen of stationary bike riding and mobility exercises.

So life could be worse. Thanks for your interest.