In the last day or so, the clicker thingie clunked over to 11 months so before Christmas I'll be at 10 years here. I remember it quite well. I was still very nutty from the divorce 2 years earlier, and being on huge doses of VA psych medications for PTSD. I'd previously published some stories over on Storysite, when I was approached either by Sephrina or Cathy; can't remember which. I was very messed up and broken at the time and spending time locked up in a secure cell at the VA every few months. I'd never done recreational drugs and very little beer, in short I was slowly going down the drain.

I'd come out of over the top Christian Fundamentalism, and feeling very disillusioned became Muslim mostly because that was as far as I could get from the nutty belief I'd been in.

I've got a few stories in the mixer, but do not know if they will ever be published, having been extremely ill, it is not clear to me if this is the final dance or not. At any rate, I have met some very nice sisters here and I am thankful for you all.

Merry Christmas.

Gwen