The maples are starting to blush in northwest Arkansas. I've heard the distinctive call of the migrating white-throated sparrows recently. I think they're hanging around until the colors peak and the temperature gets frostier. This is my first experiment with an e-mail blog posting, a feature pointed out to me in preparation for a Barbara Sher WriteSpeak teleconference workshop tomorrow. The workshop has already begun.

My wife and I found a shower door latch today at Home Depot for $1.87 + tax. The old one had broken. The shower door would come open even when we weren’t making whoopee in the shower. We’ve never done that in the shower, but it was annoying all the same. We estimate that the door and latch are 52 years old, about the same age as she and I. We high-fived the clerk and made loud and joyful sounds when he directed us to the new one. He was pleased. We were pleased. It was a pleasant experience. Our shower door stays shut again. I had previously cleaned the cancerous oxidation on the door using a wire brush and Diet Pepsi. My wife was satisfied. We saved over a hundred or two dollars by keeping the original door. Yee ha. This is my first posting in 8 months. I'm as rusty as that old latch. This was an old latch dispatch from Dave. Have mercy.