Update

Folks, I wanted to pop by to say hello.  The firewall at work is down this morning, likely due to the virus out there.  I expect it to come flying up at any minute.  I still haven't gotten a PC at home for various reasons, so I don't expect to be a regular poster again here for some time.  But I have been able to read, even if I haven't been able to post diaries or comments.

Given that I likely have so little time, I can't comment on everything I have read.  But I do want to give shoutouts to three diarists:

Lavender:  Do not let your head sabotage you.  You are a spectacular person, and deserve all of the happiness there is to have on this planet.  Keep on truckin'.

Lucy: as you know, I have always loved your poetry.  But I would be remiss if I didn't mention how impressed I have been with the progress you have been making with your photography.  You have a great eye, and there is an empathetic tenderness that shines through your photos of people.  I can't say enough about your flowers.

ed'sperience: as usual, your posts have been fierce and brilliant.  You have forced me to re-examine my own assumptions more than once.

Well folks, I may do a quick post in a minute, but then it's back to the cyber-exile.  I wish you all well.