Apologies, again, for the hiatus. Much of the past week has been taken up with (a) car-related tasks;( b) things that got shuffled around on my calender because of (a) ; and (c) prepping my class on Carl Orff and Carmina Burana for the Portland Opera Studio Artists. Update on my Subaru: It’s totaled. After seeing the first repair estimate last Thursday, I was about 95% certain that it would be, and I got the final verdict on Tuesday. While I’m not really looking forward to spending large chunks of time going from auto dealership to auto dealership, it kind of goes with the territory at this point. Update on me: A few small bruises here and there, but otherwise pretty much back to normal.