If my readers couldn't tell, late August is a critical time for three of my stories in the Beth universe, and I need to synch those stories so that one doesn't steal thunder from one or both of the others. Currently, _Sandy II_ is ahead in the calendar and _A New Tree_ has been on hiatus waiting for that story's main character to return home from the weekend being documented in Beth II (otherwise known as _Las Amadas and The Team_). That weekend will take quite some time, given that the first 12 or so hours of it required eleven chapters of the story! That eleventh chapter from August 24th will post in the evening of 20 October (NYC time).