Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of your Welsh adventure, EEE! As time passes, the challenges may well fade a bit, or simply get stirred into the joyous celebratory mix!  Your description of the young man who joined the EEE family was truly touching. I appreciate how you frequently display your emotional side, your vulnerabilities. It highlights your strength, decency, and values. You have similarly opened up on several occasions about your relationship with your dad and the enormous influence he provided! I wish I had had the pleasure! On a related Welsh note, last week, at the supermarket, the deli man who waited on me had the surname, Fogel. I mentioned that I had never met anyone with that name and he said it was Welsh. Suddenly, I'm surrounded by all things Welsh: the queen's corgis, leeks, and The Alarm blasting out on Spotify.

Peter T. (with lamb, cabbage, seasonal vegetables and leeks, lots of bloody leeks!)