Lots of Water Under the Bridge . . .

So it's been almost a year since I last posted. What has changed? Well, Kevin and I are back in the States, in the Great White North (I try to tell Kevin that Michigan winters aren't this white, but I'm not sure he believes me). Kevin is an officially licensed moral theologian and is working on his doctoral thesis. And we have a baby:

Introducing the newest member of our merry band, Monica Elizabeth (3 weeks old in this picture, and only a wee bit older in real life).

I'm typing this post with two free hands - something of a luxury these days, as at least one of my hands almost always seems to be occupied with a certain little person. Kevin and I are both in deep smit. Monica's incredibly alert. We read about how newborns are supposed to do nothing but eat and sleep, but she apparently missed the "sleep" part of the memo, at least in the quantities that They, The Experts, seem to expect of wee infants. She does let us have some, though, for which we are grateful.

In the other part of my "spare" time, I've been launching NovAntiqua, putting my graphic design muscles and my love of books to some fruitful work. Since typesetting is for me what computer solitaire is for many people, it is for now a relaxing way to do something I enjoy and make a bit of money for us, too. Typesetting not being something I can do one-handed, it's been taking a bit of a back seat lately. Monica and I are still sorting out the whole nursing thing; the hope is that as it settles into place, my second hand will be freed up a little more of the time.

I have no idea how often I will be posting here, so I make no promises. I'm hoping, though, that it will be with some er . . . greater frequency!