Comment guidelines

I made the decision to turn off comment moderation, but I am leaving the word verification on to stop any potential spammers. I know it's annoying, but it appears to be successful.

Since I am turning off comment moderation, I thought I would put some comment guidelines in place.

• Be aware that I do reserve the right to delete any comment for whatever reason.
• This is a family-friendly blog; please write your comments accordingly.
• Please only post comments that are courteous in tone both to me and to other commenters. It's fine to disagree, but I do want any dissenting comments to be couched in kind and courteous phrases. Comments that I deem to be attacks against me or another commenter will be deleted.

I don't want to get too picky, so we'll start with those three guidelines and see how it goes. I have faith in you, my dear readers (*smile*), and do not believe I will ever need to add any other stipulations. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to leave a comment and enjoy the friendships I have developed with several of my regular commenters. Thanks for that unique essence that you bring to this blog.