((((((((wisewoman))))))))

I'm a little tired to respond right now, but I agree this should be a place of support. I don't believe that people here ever intentionally hurt one another. I have been a member of other communities (of all sorts of different hobbies) and it is rare that I see one with such a sense of true community and friendship that this one has. There is one other online community I have been a member of that is similar. I have found that even in that community there is possibility of dissension and very hurt feelings. In many ways I believe that the other community I speak of is so close because of strict rules for posting, and those rules in themselves sometimes cause a lot of dissention. I think the same happens sometimes here. I don't know anything about "current events" here because I have been away for so long.

I think I'm babbling a bit because I am so tired. Hope to have something more constructive in the morning.

But I do share your wish for an open and supportive community here.