and to anyone I may have missed! My deepest apologies to the group for my prolonged absence. RL has dealt a few blows this summer, the latest one of which was the quite recent death of a young friend in a motorcycle accident. Sadly, I have had little time for writing for the past few months, and even less for play. However, things do look like lightening up a bit as fall draws near, (knock on wood!) so hopefully I will be able to spend more time on both writing and my favorite on-line site...