Sorry it’s been a little quiet around here lately. I’m currently racing to tidy up a manuscript that’s going to the new editor tomorrow. This basically consists of tweaking things that made sense when I wrote them, and scowling at all the queries flagged up in the margin (to which I still don’t know the answers).
Never mind: there’s still 18 hours for inspiration to strike.
Ruth Downie 
We await your words as always . . .
ruth–
never any need to apologize! and, by the way, seemed like the british museum pompeii exhibit was absolutely wonderful, so glad you got to take it in. …thanks so much for your hard work.
linda
Good luck, Ruth! How brilliant to be so near the finish line. 🙂
You’re awesome! 🙂
Lori, Linda, Rebecca, Leah – kind words, thank you so much!