Can it be that we are already at the first of August? I began this blog in earnest in March, after fits and starts and a steep learning curve with some technological issues.  So today, after about four months at this, I sit here with mixed emotions. For sure, childhood, and after-childhoods evocations of August include either the dread or the delight of anticipating the return to school.  For me, those are very positive memories - I always … [Read more...]