Hello Dear Ferret People, I've been scarce in the ferret community for the last couple of years. My life has changed drastically. For one, I have no more ferrets. When Gabby passed on (peacefully) in late 2005, we chose to not get any more ferrets at that time. Eric and I had been in a car accident: he had fractured ribs and a back injury, and I had a seriously broken right thumb and a back injury. We could barely take care of ourselves, much less a ferret. But that's not the only change in my life. About a year ago Eric and I were separated and are now divorced. The divorce was a mutual decision and we still keep in touch, although we are each moving on in separate directions. Because I don't have a permanent living situation yet, I don't feel it's right to bring a ferret into the equation. But, boy, do I miss having a fuzzy! Anyway, as many of you know, we were forced to stop publishing Modern Ferret due to financial and health issues. Now, due to further financial issues and space constraints (and the fact that my dad wants his barn back so he can put his boat in there), I need to "get rid of" a huge number of back issues of Modern Ferret, as well as posters and other products. Most of the back issues of Modern Ferret will be destroyed, simply because there is nowhere for them all to go (we're talking about thousands of copies of back issues). But before they're all gone, I wanted to give you all a chance to make offers on anything that you might feel would be useful to you. I will be able to keep a number of the Super Monster Packs that we had been selling, as well as books, art prints, address books, and some posters, but these will be in very limited amounts. The point of telling you all this is that I have reduced wholesale prices on the www.modernferretstore.com web site in the hope that at least some of this stuff will go somewhere that it can be useful. The main problem is that shipping these heavy items is very expensive. If anyone has any reasonable offers on anything that I have, please let me know. If you want anything, I need to know by the middle of next week so that I can set it aside for you, otherwise I will have to discard it. This is a solid deadline, as my parents have already arranged for a big dumpster. If you are anywhere in the Long Island area and want to come and get a big pile of stuff, that's an option, too. The best email addresses to contact me are: maryATmodernferretDOTcom marydrewsATgmailDOTcom I hope I'll hear from some of you, so that not all of these things go to waste. I also hope that I'll join the ranks of the ferret-owned world again before too long. -- Mary R. Drews (Shefferman) [Posted in FML 5639]