I hate out-of-office autoreplies, but …

I'm going to be doing some writing on my own for the next few months. It won't be about politics and it won't be here. It's just little slice-of-life stuff to keep the arthritis from the fingers. If you're interested in adding it to your RSS reader, go to Stirrings from the Empty Nest.

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