Dear Zim and Gail,
Why don't you write in your blog anymore?  We miss you.
Love,
Your Adoring Fan

Dear Adoring Fan,
Family time needs to come first, and there has been so very little time for anything additional, after farm work and business obligations.  Gone are the days of the 9-to-5 job and the weekends with nothing to do.  Then, after so many weeks, months, (a year!) without a post, the amount of news becomes so daunting that it becomes impossible to get up enough nerve to even start to write a post.  I'll try to catch up.
Best wishes,
--zim