I never thought I'd be doing this, but after thirteen years, it does look as if Im having to shut down, for several reasons. The major one is the fact that while I can still post it's hardly worth the effort to navigate with this new and improved (shakes head, whimpers softly) interface which resembles an ascii nightmare. the second major one is personal: I've come to realize that I need feedback, and while I appreciate all of the feedback I've gotten over the years, it seems to have settled into a 'nice photo" and "yep, I agree" kind of commentary. That may be my fault. I love hearing what people have to say, and maybe I just don't phrase stuff in a way that admits to a lot of that. If that's the case, I am sorry. Mea culpa, all the way. And maybe we've just run out of things to comment on. My email address, for anyone who wants it, is on the profile page, under, "email". lol. who knew it could be that easy. I don't want to shut this off completely (vanity forbids it, for one thing) but I don't want it colonized by trolls. I had to kick one out this afternoon, and that tells me there will be more sooner than later, so I'm going to put it on 'no comments' for all our sakes, At least for now, probably for good. That is, as soon as I can figure out how to do that. 13 years. wow. A lot of posts, a lot of weather, and friends, and cats have come and gone. Time to turn down the lights on this, though. I no longer have the patience to figure out what and how and why on this. And my apologies for not being able to make paragraphs. sigh.