Peter, thanks for your comments. Yep, I see the issue with the angles of features.
Alex: Thank you for your kind words. I will be posting a "progress report" soon with my first drawing since I picked this up again, and my latest side by side.
I want to show that dramatic progress in drawing can be had in a relatively short time - for me, it has been about 16 weeks. And while I still have a VAST distance to go, I am quickly loosing my fear of it and gaining confidence in my ability to get a likeness and produce a descent drawing (a minimum for every portrait artist) - even with the current "lyrical imperfections" in my drawings. :P