Dear Reader, I was away in July for awhile. My family and I traveled to Rio de Janeiro and Manaus (in the Amazon Basin), Brazil for a little over a week. Work has also been ridiculously busy. I’ve been working something like 70 hours per week now. I made a conscious effort to slow down this weekend and breathe a little bit. One of my goals was to go through all the photos I took on our Brazil trip and post some here for your to view, but I didn’t have time (as usual). I thought I would write a bit tonight and get to work tomorrow or as soon as possible. More to come…