Ralph, my lap top, displayed a blue screen of death yesterday. Himself tried resuscitation without success so Ralph will have to wait to see if my other brother can help when he gets to Salem. If Ralph is permanently injured it means I am on a hiatus until after the Thanksgiving holiday. There is a slight chance that my mother’s computer and I will see eye to eye but it hasn’t happened yet so I am not holding my breath.
On a side note. when my children were young I would make them Halloween costumes out of sweats. Eventually they reached an age where they had to come up with their own costumes and I would help as I could. So one year youngest decided to go as the scariest thing he could think of which was the Blue Screen of Death. It was an ingenious outfit that very few adults understood. So the next year he asked me what was the scariest thing I could think of (other than a vampire or zombie) and I said, “a letter from the IRS”, so he went as an IRS auditor.
Happy holidays, may you all be surrounded by warmth and cheer which helps keep the scary things at bay.
Reflections from the Hinterland 
Eek! I hope Ralph can be revived!
Sorry to hear about Ralph! It’s so annoying when laptops break – we do depend on them, don’t we?