My Own and Final Word
This is my last Ancient Hixtory article for Hixnews - I need a break.
Over the last forty-eight months, I've written about 125,000 words of prose from scratch, and I've tracked down thousands of images (although I've used only about five hundred of them). In total, I've spent about fifty work-weeks doing research, and more than that editing digital pictures and writing. By leaving behind that level of activity, I hope to have more time for my family, for the demands my century-old house, and maybe even to travel some more.
I have my regrets about leaving, including not having written about several topics I wanted to cover. They are, however, subjects which could not adequately be researched online, and the pandemic kept me from crossing the border from Canada to visit archives in the New York area. Oh well.
I want to thank those of you who have given me feedback on these articles. I especially want to thank both Buffalo Bob Casale (editor) and Roger Whitaker (webmaster) at Hixnews.com. Their hard work and patience have made my monthly involvement a pleasure. I wish them continued good fortune, and I hope that new (and younger) energy is offered to them, to keep Hixnews going strong in the future.
Ciao,
Ron Wencer
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