Good, kind and very, very wise words Portee! I was born 3 months and 4 days prior to Pearl Harbor. I can still vaguely remember the ration books my mother had to use to buy gas, food, etc. That was one of the few times that everyone pretty much came together for a cause so much bigger than themselves. I only pray that it will not take yet another horror like WWII to convince us that we are all living on the same tiny piece of green in a vast sea of black voiid and must learn to protect our fragile planet and to live together in harmony or risk returning back to the primordial ooze. Now I do sound like a tiresome professor once more.

I lift a glass of tasty Quebec ice wine to all of those who sacrificed for all of us and continue to do so.

Doc