Good news first. My web host had a backup of my blog's database (yes, I'll be keeping my own backup from now on!), and was able to restore everything to where it was about two weeks ago. And I managed to transfer over the newer entries so they weren't lost. What a relief!

Bad news. While all this was happening, some of you visited the blog and left nice comments, which have been lost during this process. Please feel free to share your comments again, or write new ones. I miss knowing that you all stopped by! Let me know if you have any problems accessing the site, archives or comments. Thanks!

OK, blue blog back online and fully operational.