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I actually did lose my phone line for a while! Our connection had been awfully bad for months, and it had got a lot worse suddenly. We have a dial-up internet connection, so when I could get online I had to crawl around at a snail’s pace.<\/p>\n

But, our phone line is back and is much better than it was before. I can zip around the net now, well, by comparison anyhow. In other news, my drawing space is secure! My drawing time has been reclaimed! All is well.<\/p>\n

Funny how even the most complicated problems seem manageable as long as The Art<\/em> is being taken care of properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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