where have I been?

It's been about three months since I last posted something to this blog. I don't often let life get in the way of my hobbies, but life (determined as it was) not only got in the way, but stayed in the way until about a week ago. Since then, I've been making up for lost time and have filled every minute with reading, singing, and now blogging. What I'm referring to as 'life' was really a summer…