There's been a dearth of activity here for a while now.

This really isn't anything all too unusual; there have been plenty of periods in my site's history without any updates. However, this time I more deeply feel the empty space.

A gaping void cries out to be filled.

Part of the reason for this dearth is my being in consumer mode for the past while. I feel like a bear in the course of its hibernation: consuming an abundance of everything and then holing up in a deep, dark den to wait out the winter's cold.

But as surely as spring arrives and the bear wakes from its slumber, so too can I feel myself awakening, ready to create something anew.