The series of poems I started writing during my trip to Minnesota with my company from the Czech Republic has been postponed due to a family crisis - my mom fell down the stairs and broke both her wrists.  I have been busy dealing with everything that comes with such a crisis but things are getting better and so as soon as I can spare the time, I will start posting them.  I have, also, started a new weight loss protocol where I am taking certain homeopathic supplements, eating only 500 cclories per day and trying to walk 1 hr per day.  I was going to do a day by day progress report but no time now.  I have lost 13 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks.