Birthdays and Travels and Rocks

You may have noticed its been quiet around here the last few days, after consistent publishing for the better part of two months. My interest in writing is not waning, as it has so often in the past. No, the end of the summer has brought travels, and my 35th birthday this past Wednesday! My wife and I, along with our youngest, spent a few days visiting my family in Kansas and celebrating the birthday, before we picked up the older kids and heading off to south central Arkansas for two days of crystal digging. We visited Crater of Diamonds State Park, as well as a smaller quartz mine, and spent some time in Hot Springs as well. It was a nice, albeit hot, end to the summer, and we came home with bags and buckets full of rocks, crystals, dirt, gravel, and who knows what else to begin sifting through. Regular writing service will resume Monday!