Wow! Wooo hoo. To my surprise, I read all of that ronws. Well done, and I agree. There seem to be a few of us, at much the same place. Where the penny is really starting to drop about breath management and all that it means. I don't really know where I bridge now, mostly it feels like a really smooth transition. But I think I have got it smoother and I am carrying chest higher because I've allowed more head into my mix. I'm approaching the second bridge and wondering what to do with it, but my music rarely takes me that high (we are talking E5). There is another one line imagery type thing that helped me immensely: support feels like singing while holding your breath. That may have come from here too, can't remember.
We have Anzac Day in Australia today, to commemerate soldiers lost at war. It is probably Australia's most spiritual holiday now that Christmas and Easter have become so gaudy and commercial. I sang the hymn, Amazing Grace as a harmony with a good friend, at the ceremony in front of the town. It was beautiful. One day I might record some of our harmony and post it up for you all.