It's Been a Minute, Part One

When life throws a lot at me, I tend to turn inward. That's fine for seeking mental refuge from a transcendental hurricane, but not for keeping folks engaged with your blog. That was a weird analogy, but it's what came to mind, so... there ya go. It's been a minute since I last posted. And here's why... Two months ago, I was in Louisiana for a couple weeks to do research for my first book. There will be more (much more) about that in the near future. It was a great trip, but I can't even begin down that road right now, or we'll be here all day and all night. (I promise... much more on that later.) One month ago, we were in the midst of a big home project: sealing the crawl space. There was a lot involved with this, and not all of it happened under the house. Trenching down to the footer of the foundation around three sides of our house was one part of the scope of the project. Before their crew began, the company told us to m...