Wow. Next week, I'll post the last two chapters, and this ride will have come to an end. I'm very grateful to everyone who's written me via the mail system here, as well as those people who've taken the time to post comments.
Not to worry, I'm now on Chapter Four of something ... different ... for me. I'm really not sure where that ride is going to go, but once I get about 15 chapters written, I'll send them off for editing and start posting that one.