[Lani]

and you open up a can of worms.

I wish to remain incognito. I have my (very good) reasons and they are personal.

My wishing to remain anonymous does not impact the quality(for what it's worth and I hope that is considerable)/quantity(more than 1700 posts as an unconscionable(sp?)number of my posts were lost in the hacking of this site) of my input.

I hold no expertise in the area ; the breadth, extent of my reading, however, are evident.

Does not knowing the personal history of a long-dead painter, sculptor, author or composer keep you from being able to access, gain benefit from their work?

Rather than works of art I produce information (or as I call it ammunition and sources of hope).

I enjoy so much the articles posted by hopeful, RhondaH, et al as their joy in finding new "ammunition" is almost palpable in their postings, as well as their generosity/enjoyment involved in the posting.
I genuinely sing their praises.

The phantom "propellerhead" (TOM'S TERM FOR ME) poster