(on another subject, the transition to live in Europe, uprooting from everything I knew, loved, was comfortable and secure with...in order to be with someone I love...has been HUGE. It has also been as hard a thing I have ever attempted, and not an easy deal, at the tender age of 53. Language is a super challenging piece of that for me...I'm learning a new one, slowly...but it doesn't come easily for me. And in its own little but significant way, the European Tribune community has contributed hugely to my feeling more at home in Europe, where I have had absolutely no roots or connections (but one significant one: my wife). To that I am and will be grateful...)

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia