WOW is this a new post?

Have I really been away for so long? There has been so much happening since my last post:
Trips to Phoenix and New York City, more stress and worry, more joy and hope, this is life isn't it? My political views are shifting to something a little more "agressively non-partisan". More on that later... and then there is Sarah. Probably the biggest surprise of my life in the past year :) So I hope to reach post number 200 by the start of July, but I need to get to work now so bye!!!