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            No Email Issue on 21 June 2021 for New Staff Onboarding

   Josh Centers

   We traditionally refrain from sending an email issue of TidBITS during
   the week around May 31st because that's the Memorial Day holiday here
   in the United States. We take the day to spend with our families and
   honor those who gave their lives for our country. But you might have
   noticed that we published a [1]rare Memorial Day issue this year.

   There's a reason for that. The newest addition to my family, Elizabeth
   'Betsy' Anne Centers, is scheduled to be born on 17 June 2021, so Adam
   graciously adjusted the TidBITS publication schedule so I can take time
   off that week and the following Monday. Hopefully, we'll be settled
   back in by then, but you never know. The birth of our first child,
   James Harrison, ended in an emergency C-section (see '[2]Canon EOS M
   Combines Quality and Simplicity at a Low Price,' 23 August 2013). Our
   second child, Jeremiah Stone, had to spend a few days in the hospital
   soaking in some rays under a UV light to combat jaundice. That wasn't a
   fun time, but he was the coolest newborn I've ever seen.

   Spending much of the past year at home made us realize how blessed we
   are by our children. Unfortunately, many parents struggled with that
   situation, but our sons have been a constant source of joy and
   entertainment. Without them, it would have been easy to fall into
   despair.

   As always, thanks to all the [3]TidBITS members who've paid my salary
   for the past eight (!) years and enabled me to work at home with my
   boys. I've seen many great writers and editors leave the Apple sphere
   in that time, and all too many Apple publications have folded or
   decayed. I've been incredibly fortunate to have your support. Thanks to
   my other gigs as a [4]Take Control author and editor at [5]The
   Prepared, my wife Hannah has been able to stay home with our children
   as well. I might have the strangest niche in media as an Apple prepper
   guy, but I've somehow turned my hobbies into a living for my family.

   We'll continue to publish new articles throughout the next two weeks,
   and TidBITS will return to your inbox on 28 June 2021, where we'll
   undoubtedly sort through more of the aftermath of this year's WWDC and
   look ahead to Apple's upcoming operating systems.

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