Outrage is sweeping the nation over the wretched pittance on which the Derbs
are obliged to subsist. Before you mail off the food parcel, though, just a
couple more notes. 1–I socked away a fair amount in investments during my
years as a Wall St worker bee, and this bundle is growing away quietly in
the background. 2–We’re debt-free: no mortgage, no car payments, no
credit card balances. We operate a cash economy. 3–Got another book under
way. 4–I am daily, hourly, deeply and fundamentally happy, and consider
myself an extremely lucky guy. When people sign off e-mails with “God bless
you” (which, God bless *them*!, they frequently do), I e-mail back: “He
already has.”