Where did I go?
Very sorry for the lapse. I'm still here, nothing has gone wrong -- I'm still recovering, but my vision is getting better, one of my two brain bleeds has disappeared, and the other is much smaller. I'm writing for an upcoming print deadline and for another personal project (I doubt you'll see it here).

It is still my hope to let you see the detailed descriptions I've written for my two hospital stays (I am deluding myself that you could care). The second one, in particular, surprises me: How could I possibly have so much to say about a period of time I don't remember?

Oh, well. People write about the 1960s, too, and as the saying goes, "If you can remember the sixties... then you weren't there, man."