It’s been a hectic two months since last I posted something here. I’ve been working on an idea for an online business which, of course, requires its own elaborate website. I have no idea whether this idea will work out or even if I’m capable of running an online business but I think the time is right for such an idea. I’ll probably launch it sometime early in the new year.

Another thing I got involved in was an update to my Wordpress plugin Birthday List. I received an email from Christian Schuster from the Blackwood Forest area of Germany. He asked if it were possible to translate the plugin into German which I thought was a great idea. Together we worked it out and it will soon be available on my plugin page.

In the midst of all this, I’ve been learning first-hand about dementia, the proper perusal of baby food and feeling more than a little like an out-of-shape Heracles cleaning the Augean stables or, in my case, the Red-Neck Jungle Haven, while having to endure 24/7 television as background noise. In this last regard (TV), I’ve become convinced that the world has gone utterly mad. I’m making progress wading through this nightmare, though there are far too many moments when it seems hard to tell.

On a sad note, Chaplin, mentioned in an earlier post, didn’t make it. One moment he was scampering about as any kitten will and within a day he was gone. More recently, Flannery, one of six kitties that showed up on my doorstep awhile back, was hit by a car. I had tried not to get attached to this ragtag group of gypsy felines but of course, knowing me, that was impossible. I try hard not to play favorites but of them all, Flannery was the sweetest and her death has hit me hard.

Chaplin and Flannery, Gone To Blue. See you both, and all the rest, on the other side.