kind of an apology, but more in the way of an explanation.  i'm sorry i
haven't been as active on asa.  i've focused my limited energies on trying
to keep up and catch up with my emails and the daily, as well as eventful,
hectivities around here.  some emails that i hadn't gotten around to
responding to were soooo old, i felt that responding to them now would only
confuse the recipients of my replies.  i hope that those of you who didn't
receive replies to older emails understand.  i thrive on the jokes and sweet
things sent; they energize me.  so i usually try to read and see as many of
those as i have energy for.  i know and also feel like those forwards are
also loving reminders of the fact that people are thinking of me and try to
forward those to let others know i'm thinking of them, too.  these days, i
tend to shift my focused energy from almost exclusively email to almost
exclusively asa.  that's why there are long gaps in either communication
modes.  i just wanted you to know that i do care about all of you and love
you to pieces!  none of you are ever far from my thoughts.

kate