Hello, gentle readers. I’m still visiting my brother, and have had little time to update metaphor on a regular basis. But sometimes you have to live before you can write. And though my trusty laptop Sparky has a new OS (thanks J!) its dialup connection at 24kbps makes it not much of a tool for blogging. I forgot to bring the cables to connect it to brother’s cable.

The good news is that I have some new photos — it’s beautiful here — and I’ll get them online in a few days.

By the way, I finally got my taxes transmitted to the halls of power this morning. Got yours done? Of course you do. And do you feel atoned? E pluibus unum? Certainly. Our tax dollars go to make the world a better place for the weak and voiceless, and to pave the future of Liberty as with shining marble for the children.

Peace.