I feel a bit guilty; I’ve been neglecting “Alas” lately. Partly it’s that I have the flu that is (so it seems) never, ever going away; partly it’s a minor crisis at home (basement flooded, water damage everywhere, contractors contractors contractors). Whatever it is, lately I just feel no drive to blog.
So I’m taking a break until I do feel like blogging. Which will probably be shortly after this flu goes away. In the meantime, I might do some extremely light posting – baby blogging, sketch blogging, that sort of thing. We’ll see how it goes.
Keep yourselves well, folks. 
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Best wishes. It sounds like a rough time just now.
The flu had me wiped out all week. I get depressed just thinking about dealing with a flooded basement, etc. on top of that. Take it easy!
Hope your health (and interest) return soon.