Dorothy, I hope the news gets better and so does the weather, and your health too. We will all be glad to see this winter in the rearview mirror.

SRS, glad your ebay items are moving. It may be part of a trend. There are rumblings among the youngsters online about wanting to stop feeding the oligarchy beast, and people are starting to tell others to cancel Amazon and use other online outlets as alternatives, such as Ebay.

Was leery of sending in a paper tax return this year, and was recommended an online prep place FreeTaxUSA . com   Was pleasantly surprised, it went well, free for even a complex return, $15 for a state one. Got an email saying each was 'accepted' by the agencies. Fingers crossed that the republic survives long enough for my little refund to land.