Welcome to 2008

I had planned such a grand entry into the new blogging year. Some profound thoughts on the turning of time, perhaps, or my year-end booklist with reviews of all the outstanding books, along with my blog-a-day plan and promises of future constancy. But unfortunately life caught up with me--or rather I'm still trying catch up with it. I told myself that once the holidays ended I would be able to blog more, but here it is the day after Epiphany: school has started again, I'm planning for college (with all the essays and applications that go with that), and things keep cropping up--nice things, like my first ski trip last week, but time-consuming things nonetheless. So instead of a grand entrance I'm sneaking in the back door to say that yes, I'm still here, and yes, I will blog, but how often and how much I can't say.

But a happy new year to you all!