This won't be a "good vibes" post, and I think a warning is fair. The family has been visiting my father several days a week recently, he is clearly not in a good state. Based on previous experiences with illness and death in the family, we are not holding out hope that he will be around much longer. I prefer to live life as normally as possible when this sort of thing happens, rather than going around life worried about things I can do nothing about, but publishing on gopher probably won't be a priority in the coming weeks. If you are one of the maybe two people reading this, hello! The next time I post, I hope it will be more cheerful.