Dear Reader: Funny (it seems to me now), that I have taken pen to paper with such intent. For most of my life this has been an extremely difficult task - almost impossible. Funny too, that I make no mistake about my many previous emphatic proclamations (in Town Crier fashion): Hear ye! Hear ye! "I am not a writer". I have the feeling I am about to enjoy a more intimate relationship with words as I prepare to ingest just a few of them (pass the salt please). Allow me to introduce you now.