It is about time I came out of the hole where I've been hiding the last couple of weeks and explained the reason for my silence.
I've been suffering from a hard-to-diagnose case of shingles which necessitated a couple of trips to the ER, two treks to a distant medical center, and treatment with an antiviral that I couldn't tolerate.
The pain is mostly gone now, but I feel like I've been hit by a fleet of UPS trucks. I hope to be able to resume writing soon, and to find that you're still there when I do.
P.S. For those of you who are wondering: I did have the shingles vaccine a few years ago. It does not guarantee that one won't get the disease, but supposedly makes it less virulent. (I cannot imagine what the virulent version must be like.)
May We Feed the King
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