Hi there,
Snowdog! Good to hear from you again. I do hope you'll be able to adjust well to your new situation - never too late to teach an old (Snow)dog new tricks, eh?!
Please do say "hi" to
Elora.
I'm still around and active; we're doing a re-run of the
Chapter-by-Chapter LotR discussions, so you might enjoy joining us there. There's also a discussion of the
BBC dramatization going on, with Brian Sibley visiting to tell us about his experiences producing it.
In real life Tolkien community goings-on, I'm preparing a lecture on the musical instruments of Middle-earth for the German Tolkien Society's seminar in April - a fascinating topic, though there is very little research material on it.
As to private interests, well, I'm practicing piano for a concert in November and have begun sewing a new quilt wall hanging. No need for me to "get a life" - I think I have several of them, but unfortunately I didn't get multiple allocations of the 24 hours each of them needs...