I make no apologies for being away for so long.  It’s what happens when Life happens, especially in the “when you’re making other plans” sense.

I’m just posting this as a quick and brief update before I go away again.  Due to a serious and now ongoing family illness that literally had its beginning the day I wrote my last blog entry, I haven’t kept up posting although I have been painting.  At least until a couple of weeks ago, when I stopped painting/drawing completely.  I don’t know when I’ll pick up a pastel or a brush again, and for what it’s worth, at the moment painting isn’t high on my list of priorities.  I hope to be back painting and sharing one day, perhaps in a few weeks or maybe it will be months.