My dear friends, My sincere apologies for not responding to any comments in the past couple of months. Since the beginning of the year (this past Feb.) my daughter and I have been working on a new adventure that has taken up most of my time, and in the last couple of months, all of our time. We have gone into business together, reopening a Diner that had been closed for the last four years. Our adventure has finally come to be a reality, we have officially been opened for the last month and I must say that it one of the most exhilarating things I have done in my life. However, getting up at 4:15 in the morning and working until 5 most afternoons leaves me little time to spend reading and writing, or responding to your comments. While I spend my days chopping onions, or making soup, cutting potatoes for home fries, or washing dishes, I spend plenty of time thinking, something that can be proven by the wide variety of nicks and cuts I have subjected myself to because I am writing stories in my head while I work. I don't think that will ever end. The hard part is going to be finding time to get them out of my head and onto the "paper." I just wanted you all to know that I am here in spirit, even though I haven't time to be here in reality, and I sincerely apologize for not responding to all your delightful comments, going all the back to a story I wrote and submitted before the latest contest, and several comments on random stories since. I will be checking in now and again, but for now, not any where's near as often as I wish. See you all asap. hugs, flowerchild |