It has been a year-and-a-half since we put out the final issue of Critter Chatter in the paper edition, and a lot has happened in that time. It caught us by surprise how quickly Critter Chatter went from being a profitable and growing publication to being a barely profitable and shrinking one, although looking back I can see that the signs were there.

While a labor of love, Critter Chatter was also providing a growing portion of my income, and I had neglected my other business while focusing my attention on the magazine. Now I needed to devote my time to re-energizing that business. At the time I thought it would take six months to get things back on track so that I could get back to working on the Critter Chatter online magazine, but real life kept getting in the way of my plans.

First, Huey bloated, and only pure luck and the skill of a fantastic surgeon saved his life. I thought I knew all there was to know about bloat and had taken every precaution, but it happened anyway. We’ll have the story of what happened along with some important advice about this medical problem.

We had been planning to move for some time but had not been able to find what we were looking for. Then the right place came along and we jumped on it. Moving took longer than expected, what with getting the new house the way we want it and getting out of the old place, but things are pretty settled now.