Dear Readers and People in my Mailbox -- 

Beginning last weekend, I became unable to blog or respond to "mail."  I could, weirdly, still comment on other people's blogs.  I am now blogging again only via Huntington Sharp to whom I e-mail my entries.  However, it appears that if I give my User Name and Password to someone else, like Huntington or my computer guru, that person can blog or reply to mail for me.  (So those "replies" to mail you've been getting -- you know who you are -- are not coming from me.)  But if I log in on Adele's computer, I still can't blog or reply.    

My guru suspects the problem is with my server or my security device.  My next test will be to take my computer to a cafe or elsewhere and see if I can blog from there.  This, my guru says, will confirm something or other.  Thank you for your patience. I will keep you posted.  

Thanks, Huntington.

(Editor's note: Bob has been emailing his blog entries to post@redroom.com. This is a useful feature on Red Room for people with connectivity issues like Bob appears to be having. Please read about how to use it here.)