i replied in comments a/b how like my life it is that i should be gaining so much attention & having people say such nice things when a) i'm so near giving this all up & b) well, as you might have noticed, it ain't going so well.

thank you for visiting & thank you to all the little birds--i know who you are!--out whispering to the internet. today might indeed be my record for page-views.

i've never had much truck w/ new criticism, but they may have been right in assuming the existence of one thing, for, even w/ all of these new readers, page-views, &c., all of which i appreciate!--well, i sure do miss my one ideal reader.