Good morning, and welcome to a "New Era" - the 6th year of Saturday Morning Home Repair, and the first SMHRB without Claude at the helm. Wow - who would have thought this was going to happen someday?!!
Such a cause to celebrate and be sad at the same time - it's become one of the longest lived blogs here at dKos (YAY!), and that's all due to Claude himself, who is now "leaving" us (boohoo!), for sleepier pastures.... literally.
Ah, such a big deal? Not really - he's still going to be around, hovering like his mama pea hen, I suspect - just not opening the shop anymore. But for us, the "intrepid band" he so willingly nurtured these past some-odd years at DailyKos, in our somewhat insular world, it IS a big deal, since we have always looked to him for direction, inspiration, and dedication. To say nothing of perspiration.
See how we plan to handle the transition after the jump..........