It's now 2010. The past year is notable for my father's passing on Nov 27 at age 87. He had made final arrangements for the VA Cemetery near West Palm Beach. The funeral and first days of shiva proceeded in an expected way, then igp and I returned home to complete shiva.

I've been a little more persistently despondent, probably attributed to the financial implosion of my practice. I've know for a while that I want to give this up as it offers me much less professional satisfaction than it once did. I am starting to act on my real desire to move on. Yesterday I submitted my first two serious inquiries. For the first time in months, a measure of optimism returned.