Thanks and apologies

I continue to be amazed at the traffic my blog has generated in August, September, and October, and simply want to thank those of you who've stopped by — including those who have expressed disagreeing opinions in my comments sections.  Thanks, too, to the bloggers who've linked to various of my posts!

Finally, my apologies to folks whose emails and comments I haven't replied to individually.  I'm whacking at the stack of unread emails, and promise to give each email and comment at least a skim, but I genuinely regret that I probably won't be able to answer all of them.