Dramatis Personae (or Who's Who in these blog postings)


  • Me -- Your fearless/feckless narrator :-/ We're not going there again are we?

  • Penelope -- The spirit presence (guardian angel?, voice in my head?) I've been talking to.

  • Priscilla -- My human partner of over 17 years.

  • Kitty -- My therapist.

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