Thanks to all ...

... who sent me encouraging words yesterday. I am on the mend. The most interesting thing about whatever it was that hit me was that I woke up in the middle of the night and, it seemed, every joint in my body hurt. To wit: Opening and closing my hands was difficult and every knuckle joint hurt as I did so. Luckily, when I woke up again later on that had passed. As usual, the canine cure seems to have worked. You've not heard of the canine cure? That's what dogs do when they're sick: They sleep. And that's what I did most of yesterday.