Whew!

For those of you who're on a dial-up connection, I'll go ahead and apologize for the download time now. My bad. Oh, and while I'm at it, there's someone else I owe an apology to. There was a wonderful person who came into the shop shortly after we opened that really brightened up our new home. She was a reader, and she was delighted to find that we were right here in her own town. When we started getting too busy for me to post every day, though, several folks on this end and online started picking on me about it, and one evening, when she, as several other folks had, started picking on me about posting more often, I said something rude that I believe must have deeply offended her. The fact that I really intended it to be jestful aside, it was not a nice thing to say, and I'm deeply sorry if I offended her in saying it. Well, we haven't seen her since, and I, for one feel the loss rather sharply. If you even bother still reading, I miss you, and if I hurt your feelings or offended you in any way, I am truly sorry for my stupidity, hurtfulness, and general lack of tact. I apologize. If I still don't see you, it's my loss, but what I needed to say on the matter is said. Be well, and God bless.

Much love, people.
-Matt.