Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:25:58 -0500 From: kenlou Subject: Nudist Camp Vacation - delay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 11, 2009 To all my wonderful NCV fans: Some folks have been writing lately to find out why there hasn't been another posting of NCV. Well, there are several reasons. First, my 82 yo mother broke her hip and was in the hospital for 3 months. I flew to Las Vegas where she lives and ended up loading her in a car (after she was released) and took her to live with my sister in Southern California. Almost immediately after I returned, my partner, Louis, became very ill. He had been fighting a bout of sinus infection and bronchitis, but it became much worse. With the help of a very close and appreciated friend, he entered a hospital two weeks ago. Without going into graphic detail, he was in extremely bad condition. I've been spending most of my time at his bedside. Yesterday, he was transferred to a rehab hospital to continue his recovery and get some strength back, and that's where I am as I write this. He should be able to come back home in about a week. Another item on my plate is that, with Louis' deteriorating health and strength, we'll have to sell our two-story house. It's very large and historic, but we've both resolved that it's the better part of wisdom to downsize and have a single story house. I'll have to do a lot of cleaning and deal with a lot of deferred maintenance to make it salable, so that will take a lot of my time. The bottom line is that a new chapter of NCV is not a priority for me right now, so if all of my fans can find it in their hearts to be patient, I promise that Alan, Tim, Stevey and the boys will return as soon as I can get them from my mind to the keyboard. In the meantime, hug someone who needs it, and love someone unconditionally. - Lance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My advice to all: Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~