Dear Cousins, I haven't been up to par lately, and am sorry not to have been posting anything for awhile. I caught a killer virus during the St. Patrick's Celebrations and the effects are still with me. I've been working on over several of the existing webpages, but have not gotten them completed and linked. I re-did the homepage at the American Crossroads site and couldn't get the counter to go where I wanted it! I shoulda stood in bed, as the saying goes. Anyway, I hope to have a flurry of pages coming soon, including Bibliographies for each of the Perimeters and links that work in every direction. I have moved some pages from several different servers and that has meant changing the links each time, and that everything needs updating. Spring has been taking its time in arriving here. We have sorely needed rain and April has finally brought some, so the local farmers are grateful. I have been trying to restore my parents (and grandparents) property that I've moved into, especially the gardendeal with bureaucrats to try and get low-income health insurance, and while I was under the weather, a bunch of local destroyers (aka the City Administration and the School Board) have decided to tear down the wonderful Old High School Building to provide additional new space for the Grade School. (The school children only go to school four days a week.) Education is in terrible shape here in Eastern Oregon, and it seems to have gotten to this sorry condition because of the small-mindedness and limited vision of the people entrusted to provide wisdom and great vision for the community. Well, I'm going on hoeing my garden. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@centurytel.net ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads --- Visit Backcountry Crossroads --- http://www.backcountrycrossroads.com