catching up!

I have been away from this blog for too long. Sadly, I have been attending funerals and calling hours of good friends, colleagues, and family who have lost a loved one. Sometimes we kind of have an opportunity to prepare for a loved one's death, e.g. cancer. Other times, the preparation is zero, e.g. an auto accident. In all cases, the loss is a loss and our hearts are bruised.

On a brighter note, the snow is finally beginning to melt here in Maine...and it can be a slow melt right into April. it is probably easier now to recall the beauty that winter brings such as the photo of the view I have from my desk in my office.

Here is a little know fact about Maine. There are six New England States - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. You can fit five of the states into the state of Maine and have lots of room left over!

I'll get back in the saddle from this point forward...I'm hoping.