On your comments

To those of you who have so kindly left comments on my blog, I extend my sincere thanks . . . and also apologies. I recently installed a new system for collecting comments on this blog which unfortunately left old comments in the oblivion of cyberspace. I have done my best to recover them, but I am at a loss at this point. So, please try out the new comments system, and let me know what you think. Thanks.