my apologies to everyone for all the confusion and mishaps here on the blog. we had server problems, it crashed, some readers could see new posts, others could not. the twilight zone, for certain. so — thank you for your patience. i do believe we have worked out the kinks and all should run smoothly again (everyone, please knock on wood). so, since i’m not sure many of you were able to see these wonderful new posts above, posted on the 11th, i want to leave them up another day so you can see how hard all my guest bloggers worked on them. we’ll be back with fresh content on friday. in the meantime, thanks again for your kind patience and enjoy these posts. love, v.