Thanks, Alex - yes, I know you care and I appreciate it. You take the same care in your own writing and demonstrate that same spirit of excellence. I agree with your full stops - actually, the second one I meant to be a period but I need new reading glasses and am putting it off because of the pandemic. Maybe I should zoom in when I edit my stuff :)

You are echoing my wife - she suggested a book of short stories, but she should know when she makes that suggestion she'd be the one doing the formatting and putting it together to be ready for publication. Mind you, she's done this before for major publishers but I don't presume on her generosity. But thank you, Alex, for being a friend. I don't presume on that either :)