I just want to say that this is, singly and collectively, the nicest group of people I have ever had the good fortune to meet.
Because I've had something like 35 years of experience meeting and becoming friends with people via distance communication (one of my best friends is someone I've known since 1972 and never physically met!) I know that it's really easy to find both good and bad out here in the wild world. And here, I've found nothing but good.
So, what's prompting this goosh? Meh... two weeks of ill health, a bunch of stress, facing the almost-certainly-very-soon end of one of my Crotchedy Old Ladies, and a number of life changes in progress have me feeling vulnerable, sad, uncertain, blah blah blah. Several of you have been right there with the most lovely of support. You know who you are, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You make me feel very special and very loved.
Now you may all resume laughing your collective buttocks off at me

