Hey everyone, thanks for downloading episode number 113 of our Civil War podcast.

I'm Rich and I'm Tracy. Hello y'all. Welcome to the podcast. So it's been a while since we talked with you guys,

although we did get the Lee in the low country members episode out last weekend, but some of you have

been waiting a while for this new Shiloh episode and probably a lot of you know by now that we kind of

got thrown off schedule with the podcast because I flew home to Pennsylvania for a while after my dad

suffered a massive heart attack. And it's really an amazing story since he had it rather inconveniently,

while he was traveling about four hours away from our home in Western Pennsylvania, but very

conveniently, he had it just a few miles away from one of the top cardiac hospitals in the country

in Eastern PA. And even then, they're at Allentown. They almost lost him, but they did get him

stabilized and fixed up and after being there a while, he was able to go home and I was able to

come back to Colorado. But that all just kind of threw Tracy and me for a loop as far as life and

work. And so podcasting took back seat for a bit, but now we're back. Like a bad penny. Like a bad penny,

although I'm not sure many people actually use pennies anymore, do they? I think they're going

the way of the wooden nickel. Kids today probably don't even know what a wooden nickel is.

Anyway, we and I, especially just wanted to say thank you for your understanding and patience

for the delay with this episode. And thank you to those of you who let us know your thoughts and

prayers were with my dad and our family. And he is doing well. In fact, now that he's been back

home and he's on medication, of course, and his diet has changed too. But he says he actually

feels better than before the heart attack since this problem had obviously been building up for a

while with the blockages and whatnot. And now that that's actually been addressed, he feels great.

So that's pretty amazing. And anyway, that's just a bit of an update for those of you who might

like to know. And now, hey you, that's your cue. And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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