Some personal news and thoughts of the Leper King of Jerusalem and our Founding Fathers

It seems all I do lately is apologize for my disappearances. But I’ve been so busy fending off doctors (joke) that I’ve truly had no time for anything else. Not that I am complaining about all the tests, even if I do sometimes feel like a medical guinea pig. We always do better when we can identify the enemy, after all; how else can we devise a suitable battle plan? Probably because my spiritual home is the MA, I have always felt a sense of genuine wonderment that we have access to medical treatments that would have been unimaginable to people in earlier centuries. Despite the passage of so much time, it still seems so tragic to me that so many died of ailments or injuries that could so easily be treated today, and yes, I was thinking of young Baldwin, the Leper King of Jerusalem.
Aside from the loss of time, I am doing well, and will eventually be able to surface again on a regular basis. Meanwhile, I hope that all of my American readers and Facebook friends have a very peaceful July 4th. A screen writer friend and I share an unusual holiday tradition; we recently were delighted to learn that we both have been doing the same thing for years—watching the film 1776 on July 4th! That is a tradition I’d be happy to share with you all, reminding us of the remarkable men who would become known to history as our Founding Fathers.