How time does fly...

So, I had some time on my hands this morning. (I wake up quite early every day without fail - my cats havce something against me sleeping in, even when I give it my best efforts. Something about wanting to be fed.) And, because the mood struck me, I went on a round through the blogs of old friends and the extended network. Now, many of you/them I met through MT, and it's been about a year (I think) since I let go of that place. Yes, I pop in from time to time, but life got too full and my need for a place to hide away vanished. As I hopped from blog to blog, I noticed the almost universal lack of updates. It seems life has called everyone away, one by one. The ties that bind have loosened, and everyone has begun to scatter. I'm somewhat sorry to see it happen. Some of you I didn't know half as well as I would have liked... some of them I never liked at all but I was cordial. In any case, it appears time has changed us all. I do feel a slight twinge of regret - what friends some of us were! How we supported each other, how we reached out with invisible hands to comfort. There was a time when that closeness held me up, and I am sorry now to recognize (though I knew it before) that those days are long gone and unlikely to return. I hope, my friends - and you know who you are - that the New Year will find you well, and that all your hopes and dreams are realized.