It has been clear that our little community has been slipping away for some time now. I'm sure the reasons are many, but one overriding one is that PD does take a certain toll.

For my own part, I have been so busy fighting alligators on the home financial front for the last twelve months that I have had to neglect the swamp. Hopefully, that period has come to an end.

I do miss the old fire. But, as Ron says, I don't know how to kindle it. I know that it has been invaluable to me and I hope it can find a new life but I don't know that it will/

Looking at other PD online communities, I have found nothing that approaches it. Most are made up of sick people waiting for a man in a white coat to save them with a pill that never comes - sort of the Godot Pharmaceutical Corporation. That's not for me so long as there is something else to be attempted. I know that even that may change with time, but not yet.

For myself, I will continue building my own website to further that view and all are welcome to drop by. It may be self-delusion but that, in itself, sometimes has value.

Regardless of the future, however, I would like to thank each and every one of you for the past. We all encounter dark nights of the soul at times and you have offered light even when you didn't know it.