Thanks to a nice tax refund, I had sufficient funds to take care of the repair of my messed up computer and buy a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

For those who’ve chastened me for my sloppy file management, I did buy a gizmo — can’t recall the name — with the capacity to save three terabytes of data. I’ll also save some stuff on my computers, but I promise to be better about backups.

I may get my computer back by Saturday or next Monday. I don’t currently have access to my g-mail account, and I get scary messages when I try to download it. I’ve had my fill of scary messages this week. Anyway, if you comment on anything, I can’t say when I’ll get around to responding because of this, but  I will get back to everyone eventually!

I don’t see a photo processing feature on this laptop — it may be there, hidden in the confusion of a new operating system (WINDOWS 8) that so far leaves me a bit in the dark and out in the cold. Till I get the HP back, then, I’ll recyle my kitty photos on file in WordPress. I mean, you don’t come here for my scintillating prose!