FYI, below is what I wrote originally, when I was still finding my way. In the meantime, with the help of wonderful friends, I've come a long way and now I'm ready to do this for real. So, I'll leave the original posting here for your interest, if that comes to mind. Otherwise, I'll start updating this on a regular basis and monitor it attentively.
"I've usually ignored blogs and it seems the online world is littered with them. I guess I'm taking this effort seriously because this is the second time I've posted to the blog and that's not something I usually do. I made some progress with another image and I've got a couple of good ideas about finishing the remaining works in this series.
I know I should be attending to my grading but I've got Art on my mind (with a capital "A") and I'm thinking that's what I'm going to work on after dinner."