Home again, home again lickety split

At long last, Minnow and I are back on terra firma in Mystery City. Fortunately, our trip home went much more smoothly than our travel to Midwest. Unfortunately, it's looking like I've got a good few days of email-box unclogging, grocery restocking, unpacking (home and field gear), bill paying, etc. before I can really settle into a productive routine again. But I'm really excited to be back to regular access to a computer and the internets again, because I've got a couple of posts in mind, and a bunch of linkies to pass along. But first, there's a stack of mail that's dangerously close to cascading all over my floor, so I better move along with that.

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