Just back in town

I just got back late Saturday night from a 10-day trip to Europe. I see that I have some comments to respond to, not to mention lots of posts to catch up on from my favorite blogs. I also have several posts that I prepared while I was away (we didn't have Internet access). I will get to all of this in the coming week — I have lots to catch up on in other departments, too, so it will probably be a few days before I am really "back"!