The Eyes Have It: A Personal Word to My Friends

Let me make this as short and to the point as I can.

Today I begin a journey that has been nearly a year in the making. My eyesight was attacked by a disorder of unknown origin. There have been times when I could not see what was written on the screen without a magnifying glass.

That part at least has greatly improved. But the underlying pathology is yet uncertain.

Today I will begin a protracted process to discover that underlying pathology. It will be costly and frightening, to be frank. While I do expect to discover the root cause of my malady, and thus receive a course of treatment that will keep it under control, I peer into that process with a certain amount of dread knowing that my financial status is woefully inadequate and my insurance is, well, non-existent (and no, I don't blame our healthcare system for it!!).

Nearly a year ago I disclosed to several fellow bloggers some of the details of my woes in case my eyesight failed entirely. They know who they are, and they were very willing to accept some of the responsibility for the Roundup should it be needed.

While I do not feel at this point that my sight will continue to deteriorate (in fact, it is greatly improved), I know that many of you will want to know what you can do to help.

And this is my point. The best thing you can do to help me is two-fold. First, you can pray for me, if you pray. Second, you can click on the links I provide to my daily column at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

You see, I get paid according to how many people read my column. That's the way it works at Examiner. The more readers I get, the more I get paid. It's as simple as that.

And it doesn't cost you a dime.

I don't ask for donations, I don't have a tip-jar, or anything like that. All I ask is that you click on the links each day to my daily column. And get others to do the same. This will be of tremendous help and encouragement.

And let me express to each of you who faithfully read this blog day in and day out how much you are valued and appreciated. It's good to know that out here in this dark and dangerous world there is a little band of bloggers and readers who are like-minded on the issues of human liberty.

Thank-you.