I never felt that you left us, Stephen. We always have you in our hart.Also starting a massive undertaking to read the whole Pāli Canon.
By the way, I suggest you listen to MN while you doing meditation.
Start playing one Sutta at the beginning of your meditation and this will help you to bring your mind to a wholesome state.After few minutes recording will automatically stop and you enter the Jhana.
http://audtip.dx.am/tipitaka/mn/mn-eng.html