This blog is so sadly blocked by spam

Ciao amici, just to let you know that I’ve been sadly dealing with enormous spam issues on the blog. Sometimes when I check it, there are 3000 spams. Random House has put in place several filters but it just seems to get worse. SO– I have made the decision to DELETE all spam.  Inevitably, several legitimate and interesting comments will be lost–but I simply cannot wade through all the spam to find them.  So sorry, but if your comment does not post, it means it went to spam–for some unknown reason.  Additionally, Random House blogs were mysteriously hacked into recently, so it has been impossible for me even to access my blog.  I love the blog and the interchange and plan to get back to it asap.

Please, bear with me and I hope for interesting interchange shortly!