But I digress. . . .

No, I have no feud with Marty. In fact, I'm grateful to him for providing me with such a deserving target.

I've been keeping my nose to the grindstone and doing a lot of serious writing lately, and having just finish a difficult chapter on the magnum opus I'm working on, I thought I'd take a break and try my hand at combining the styles of Max Shulman (Barefoot Boy with Cheek, The Feather Merchants) and Don Marquis (archy and mehitabel), with a sprinkling of Dave Barry and a lot of my own prodigious wit (I have learned from the Masters, such as Stilly River Sage's father).

I admit that it's an experiment in writing, but even though Marty seems to be sulking, I'm fairly pleased with the results so far.

No feud, at least on my part. Just havin' fun.

Don Firth