Responding.
I've been on a business trip these past 2 weeks and I feel bad that I haven't responded to pixote, oldkid, Junior, Wilson and others who have been going through ups and downs beyond the norm. I've been reading, but haven't had much posting time. I've even watched some challenging films - The Marriage of Maria Braun, Jean Renoir's The River - that I probably won't write about because I don't have time to compose my thoughts.