Pardon my lack of activity right now.

It would appear one of The Kids pushed my laptop off the desk yesterday, after which it has displayed a rather serious drive problem.

I have backups, sure, and multiple copies of that data exist in various places, but my laptop is my lifeblood, the place where I do all of my image processing, the place where my manuscripts are stored and where my writing happens, the place where I read the news and blogs and do most of my on-line activities.

Right now I’m working on fixing the problem, something that has been far more difficult than anticipated given the apparent extent of the damage.  I’ll lose some space on the drive and likely will need to replace it, but I don’t believe I’ve lost any data—although I will lose a great deal of time.

I promise to be back as quickly as possible.