+JMJ+ Greetings, y’all! Hope you had a good Fourth of July. I’m still dealing with a cold and a sleepless night after the fireworks, and the reaction to them by Miss Lucy Dawg who is ordinarily unruffled by such things. This time they got to her, though, and she had a bout with a condition that led to a situation just as I was finally headed to bed. A trip to the vet and one hundred and sixty dollars later, she’s snoring away and I’m exhausted.

All of this is to say that the next chapter of the novel is too important for me to write while in such a sorry state. So sincere apologies to you all but I’m going to get some much-needed rest so I can write part 19 and post it tomorrow. I’ve made quite a few notes for it and I’m looking forward to writing it when I can keep my eyes open. It’s just not happening tonight.

See you tomorrow! Stay safe and virtuous and holy until then, my friends, and become who you were meant to be: a SAINT! May His peace be always with you and yours.

Image: The Resurrection of Jesus, by Tintoretto, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.