To start
with, I would like to apologise to everyone for the lack of posts in the recent
past – especially to you, Charlie Ehlen, because unlike most others who read me
you aren’t connected to me elsewhere and aren’t aware that things haven’t been
going well with me for a while.
Actually, “not going well with me” is an
understatement. In the last month and a half – since mid-November – I have gone
through pure, undiluted hell. I don’t want to whine about my personal problems here,
but I’ll just say that psychological torment of the kind I have been through
(and am still going through) I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemies.
Starting today, however, the Butcher Shop
is again open for business. It’s not just the symbolism, if that is what it is,
of starting again on the New Year. It’s the little fact that I need to start
creating again or go crazy (and I am not far from that). I have no desire to
get seriously suicidal, and I have not been far from that, either.
However, I do need readers – and comments.
Please, if you read anything I’ve taken the time to write, leave a word about
what you think. I’m hanging on by my fingertips here, and I don’t want to let
go.
Thanks for the understanding, and your
patience.
