Three items of good news for you: First, Lori Smith is blogging again! Some of you will remember when Lori was a BreakPoint blogger; now she's got a new site, and her health has improved to the point where she hopes to be able to blog regularly. She also has a new book -- her second book about Jane Austen -- coming out in May.

Second, former BreakPoint blogger Zoe Sandvig Erler also has a new site. Zoe will be doing feature articles for us on occasion (here's her most recent one, in case you missed it).

Finally, Annie Provencher, who's also been writing feature articles for us, now has a regular column, "Through the Window." Annie's column will run every other Wednesday. Here's the first installment!