No mysterious personal crisis: I just need a break. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends since at least early summer, and it’s time to take a breather. So this site’s going to be inactive for awhile. Maybe a month, maybe more. I’ll start again when the batteries are recharged.

In the meantime, some business: remember, the cutoff date for signed books is absolutely, no exceptions, Dec. 12. Any orders I receive after that will be refunded.

(For signed prints, Dec. 12 is the cutoff date for holiday delivery—I’ll keep taking orders after that, but can’t promise they’ll get out in time for Christmas.)

Finally: my pal Bob Harris is currently travelling around the world, and since he never got around to starting a blog of his own, he’s asked me to post a few entries from time to time. I’ll be putting them up here.