My apologies to our readers. With the lovely wife’s trip to the emergency room last week and yesterday’s news, I have been well off my game. My wife’s brother, about 3-4 yrs older, was taken to the hospital on Sunday night and received a pacemaker today. He, and my 89 year old mother in law whom he now lives with are in the Lutheran homeland of North Dakota and we are so very far away.

I shall endeavor to do better.