Consider this a rebirth, of sorts. My brother/collaborator and I fashioned Blocletters.com more than four years ago. He did the heavy lifting in the form of database programming and other coding, and I got the easy part: the ideas.

Now, we introduce version 2.0. If you have an RSS feed to the old site, you can subscribe to this one by clicking “RSS Subscription” on the right side of the banner at the top of the page. If you’re finding the site for the first time, I hope you’ll subscribe (or at least make it a point to come back now and again).

And, if you are a new reader, you can find out a little about me here. I can also save you a click with a little introduction. I work as a copy editor at the Detroit News. I write headlines and photo captions, and wrestle with stories to force them to conform to grammar and style rules. My current fascinations include: politics, the media, coffee, beer, mead brewing, Apple products, cooking, bread baking and running (in no particular order). I tend to write on those topics the most so, if one of them tickles your interest, I hope you’ll read on.

Again, welcome, and I hope you’ll like the new site. Look around. The archives include all the posts from version 1.0. Going forward, I have a whole new bandolier of tools available: video, audio, comments and photos. I hope to take full advantage.