Well thank you, Sylvia, such helpful advice. I did not even know my name was "La" (it is Thomas, incidentally). And, hmm, perhaps until today, I thought an American flag image (draped by a dream-catcher and Mardi Gras beads) would suffice for my long-haired Anglo mug.... The story images are mine but I agree they could be better; and, certainly, my story formatting skills are quite wanting (as an old-timer former daily newspaper reporter, we had layout editors for the fluffy stuff). I'll endeavor to work on that also. Thanks for the nice, constructive advice, Sylvia! Best of luck with your studies (maybe I should be the one back in school? ((: