While I've been deep in website updates and general mole-whacking, meteorological spring arrived. Though much of the northern hemisphere is still in the throes of winter, here in southern Louisiana things begin stirring around mid-February, and our last frost date is usually in March*. Generally, this is the time of year when my writing takes a back seat for a few weeks, because just as our spring comes early, it leaves early too. By May, when everyone else is just warming up