6.11.24

Apparently I've been in a time warp . . .

Hello everyone—especially new readers.

I’ve been away from EP for an unusually long time—and have kept writing notes in my head about how I would start the “next post,” explaining my absence.

But day after day, I didn’t start the next post. And I honestly had not realized until this morning how long it’s been.

There’s an ensemble of reasons, and some have…