| As you would probably guess from our long silence here, we've got all the problems we can handle here, and then some. Meg came down with another dose of "walking pneumonia" last fall, and it didn't start to really clear until March. At one point, the Mayo Clinic immune system specialist told her she was going to wind up in the textbooks- not what you want to hear.
She carries a lot of the load around here; so when she's down, it really slows things.
Right now- she's down again. We have a new puppy in the house- part of our effort to get several working dogs on the farm to help with livestock. The plantings here are now so large that coping with the grass between rows of nuts is no longer a theoretical problem- it's a huge cash expense. Time to really work on livestock integration.
This is relevant because- yesterday, coming down the house stair, Meg accidentally stepped on the new puppy at the bottom- with the result that her chin came down hard on a step; leaving her with a broken molar, and a fractured jaw.
Only a partial fracture- but painful, and the tooth will likely have to be pulled. As soon as the jaw heals enough. Meanwhile- it hurts. Chewing is forbidden; talking restricted.
One of the consequences- in case you have not heard elsewhere- we've decided we really cannot teach the Short Course this year- we're just too low on time and energy.
We'll promise that we WILL teach it next year.
Meanwhile- we'll work on answering urgent questions as we can.
Hope things are not too bad in your corner of the world.
Phil
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