Just Letting You Know Where I Am

Dear Zuskateers, I feel I am letting you down by taking so long to bring you the next Gender Knot post. Personal life has just been immensely chaotic. (I actually intend to blog about a recent piece of that shortly.) I just haven't had the concentration it takes to produce a Gender Knot post. I'm going to give you a few smaller tidbits in the next day or so and, god willing and the creek don't rise, back to the Gender Knot next week.

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Real life happens to everyone. Don't worry about the blog delays - other things can take priority. We'll look forward to the Gender Knot posts whenever there is time for them. Hope things settle down for you. One can only take so much chaos.