Welcome Pat, glad to have you here. This is an addiction for sure. Winter, for me, causes the addiction to ache though! How do YOU handle it? It doesn't get below -6 or -7 C here but that is bad enough!
For some reading:
Below are links to two threads/articles that have lots of information on pen turning. The first one is a very basic overview of the many aspects of getting into turning pens. http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446