MTed, well, I don't know what to say. Thought I was just complaining.

Not familiar with Chekov, but I've been getting an idea what its like to feel "extraneous", I think. But for me, I feel like people in my family--my kids and my parents, as it happens--need stuff (I use the term loosely) from me that I am not in a position to provide. It is kind of overwhelming at this time. But this too will pass.

Still, we have a paid-for roof over our heads, vehicles, computers, instruments and all that. It's a source of real puzzlement to me, intellectually--why do we need more things? We have tons of things.

Bill (paid up my ISP bill for a year in advance, just in case...)