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…