Brooks,
Glad to have you back. Sorry to hear of your overly-eventful year  especially 
to the loss of your dear friend. Some things are never the same but  time 
takes care of most of them. Lean on us if you need to.
Thom in Illinois
 
 
In a message dated 1/20/2005 10:57:47 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
brooks76...@lycos.com writes:

The  immediately-past months have been busy and somewhat demanding of mine 
and  Sylvia's time.  Additionally, my co-founding Foundation partner and  
dearest friend of fifty years (Eric Harborne) passed away the last week of  
December, 2004---climaxing an overly-eventful year for  us.