Aw Kent,

Tell me it ain't so.  Instead of "Farewell", why not just a sabbatical of sorts...?  Sit back, reflect, and when the time is right for you (and I think it will be at sometime), c'mon back.   Life is short enough...we just don't need more farewells than the one we all must face someday, so why not just  "a le prochaine"  (till we meet again).   Farewell is tooo final, it sounds like you are hurting, and we can discuss that at some point, but your light shines brightly, at least for me, and I hope you will reconsider, and chime in again from time to time, however, whenever you want...it's really just our little "family" here at the DB board.   Sometimes there are ruffled feathers, which is the nature of discourse, but really, BF DEAL.   So we are a dysfunctional "family" at times...

Well, friend, reconsider, have a glass of wine, listen to the birds chirp (or, in the case of my little parakeets..squeeek), always smell the roses, and please plan to re-visit; we need you.

As Jaco would say..."Who loves ya' baby?"

Gene