Well friends, you could say that I have gone from the highest-of-highs to the lowest-of-lows as my battle with Kidney Disease has taken a turn for the worse. Two weeks ago I was on stage at the Carnegie-Carnegie and this week I’m on my back enjoying the hospitality of Mary Washington’s surgical wing. Without getting into the ugly details, I am in the midst of two kidney-operations and will be spending the anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg in a hospital bed. This was certainly not in my plan as I have been working towards the release of our DVD with an audio interview coming up on This Mighty Scourge and another chat tentatively scheduled for Virginia Neighbors magazine. That said, what else is a sick writer to do but write? I certainly don’t trust me to conduct any serious work, but I do plan to selfishly occupy myself at the keyboard and offer up some relative insights as my condition permits. Stay tuned for what will likely be some highly un-educational ranting about something historical. Here's a useless, but "highly" entertaining post courtesy of the History Channel: GW and the boys liked get their smoke on.