Explanation of this column’s absence for a few weeks

I’m back!

Usually I do not put in this column anything about my really personal life but just enough for you to know a little of the real me. Surprise!

The reason this column has not appeared in the Republican is: I did not write one.

And the reason I did not write this column is: I’ve been in the hospital; then in the new Assisted Living facility.

Believe- you- me, it was not a bad experience! But I …