You all remember Colleen Stone, MaineToday.com "From Away" blogger extraordinaire, who disappeared to New Jersey last fall?

Well, not so much disappeared. More like she moved there to take a new job with NJ.com.

Anyways, missing our blogger friend and her daily musings, and hearing nary a peep from the Meadowlands of North Jersey for sometime now, we got worried.

Jersey City is a tough neighborhood. Things happen. Maybe she was done in by too much thin crust pizza. Or bakery products. Or worse: OD'd on pork roll. The horror!

But alas, no such bad stuff has befallen Ms. Stone. Thankfully.

A note from Jersey arrived in my inbox late last week confirming that all is indeed well, if a bit hectic, in Stone-ville NJ.

Found! Former From Away blogger and friend Colleen Stone in New Jersey!
Photo courtesy Colleen Stone

Colleen tells me she actually likes Jersey, with the exception of the "old lady upstairs who never sleeps, throws her trash down the stairs and every morning exactly at 6:30 a.m. does something upstairs that sounds a lot like she's cutting plywood with a handsaw."

Now doesn't that just sound like an entry from From Away, or what?!

Despite the dearth of free time Colleen and Paul have managed to get out some, visiting Manhattan, and enjoying "cheesesteaks and good Belgian Ales" in Philadelphia.

Getting to the great outdoors from their very urban environs is a problem, though. They are, however, planning an exploratory hike up to the Catskill Mountains. Have to wait and see how that goes.

So, if you too were wondering about From Away Colleen, well nows you knows a little...

Hopefully we'll get another update...