Dear Loyal Readers, Thank you for your extraordinarily kind visits to my blog over the past 4+ years! Your number has passed the 95,000 mark! That is so beyond any expectations I had that it is almost beyond belief. For the past number of months I have not been posting any essays, although my list is extensive and work on several subjects has progressed very well. Elements have entered my life to slow me down. AGE has also crept upon me and now I am a very old man, weak of body, and getting weak of short-term memory. That causes more problems. Please bear with me a while longer! Reg Porter