It's Over

[Thomas]

Thanks everyone. Two devastating funerals in the past two months helped pushed me over the precipice on which I sat for a while. It just ain't worth killing yourself when the event is already pre-ordained anyway.

IK, the store is to remain. I am still a shareholder in the company but no longer an operating officer and manager, and will have nothing to do with selecting the wines. In December I plan to review my shareholder status, should there still be an is-wine to review. Until then, I might stay involved in special seminar programs, so long as I get paid for it.

Hotsie--retiring is fun and I wish I could do it 100%, but not yet.

KC, if I could grow figs for money I would. You should see the crop on that tree on the deck! The ones in the ground, however, are the tough ones.

Yep, WOW, I plan to write, to paint, to play piano, and to seek suitable projects in the wine business. Recently got one of my weekly newspaper columns back, but on that pay I could be hungry and broke within hours...