It's been a long, long time.

Yes, I know that it has been almost 2 years since I blogged last.

I hadn't posted in a while because I lost access to the blog.

I lost access to the blog because I could not remember which password I used when I created it.

I could not get the old password sent to me because I had changed ISPS and email addresses during the time I wasn't blogging and the old password was being sent to the old email address.

I could not change the email address because I could not get into the blog.

There are no live people at Google or Blogger who could help. There are a lot of people who are in the same boat, apparently. Several of them have posted at Blogger's help forum.

And how did i get back in? Very accidentally.

My friend, Lynn Magnusson has started a blog about appraising and arts and antiques (at http://artantiquesappraisal.blogspot.com/. Very nice blog.) I went to check it out and posted a comment. Before the comment could go up it asked me whether I belonged to Blogger or LiveJournal or a few other groups. I put in my old email address and took a wild-assed guess at an old password I used to use. I got in!

Then I decided to come here to see if I could post and I could. Mirabile dictu! Hosannas! Holy Crap!

With any luck I can get in again shortly and update all two of you who read this as to what I've been doing.