Apparently Helen's been having a little trouble getting onto the internet and then onto the messageboard so she emailed me direct so I could pass on her comments to you guys here:
...please tell everyone from me that I miss them all and am having many adventures that I can't wait to tell everyone about. AND that I wish you all a merry christmas and happy new year. My story is progressing slowly on paper, but it organising itself in leaps and bounds in my head. I've just spent a week on a boat around moreton bay - the beach everyday and it was wonderful and I even saw some wild dolphins come up right next to me. oh, yeah, if Timna's horse Kat still has a bad leg, the only thing I can think of that might help would be to ask the vet if they have done a deep bacterial swab of the wound or could they do one - it helps the vet to isolate the organism involved and use a better antibiotic more targeted to the bug causing the problem.Contrary to popular opinion, penicillin doesn't cure all.
Anyway, hope you have an absolutely wonderful christmas and the new year brings the promise of new dreams to life. And don't work too hard, take some time off.