Forthose of you who have wondered about the sporadic nature of my postings and thelong delays in response to emails, I say, “I have been dealing with a catastrophicfamily illness.

It is taking more of my time on an irregular schedule.” I offerthis, not as an excuse, but a simple explanation for my failure to acknowledgeemails, return telephone calls and to post interesting articles to the blog…

WhileI know that you all will have nothing but hopeful thoughts and wishes about this,the outcome is not going to be positive. We survive day-to-day and deal withwhatever comes. Let me thank you all, in advance, for your kindness andunderstanding.