Editorial 3.10, November/December 2001, by Deirdre Helfferich We're Not Dead Yet Well! This has been an interesting few months. The Ester Republic has been a bit spotty this year, but things should be getting back to normal soon. Despite the fact that the November issue has come out in January, resulting in yet another Double Mondo Issue, January's issue should also come out in January, albeit lateish (like, in early February). The issue you are reading, volume 3, number 10, reflects the large gap from the last time the paper hit the stands, with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's articles throughout. The editor has not been idle—to the contrary. She's been so busy that she's been unable to get to the Republic office much at all—for which she apologizes. The paper should appear on a more timely basis in the future, although it promises to be just as irregular as ever. A few news items: first, the Republic has moved, mostly. The paper can still be purchased and articles or illustrations left or picked up at the same location, but he actual work and asociated equipment are now at the home of the publisher. Second, the publisher/editor has willfully and joyfully joined the ranks of the unemployed (and hopes to be gainfully self-employed just as soon as she can get her home office organized.) This means that a more regular schedule is feasible for the Republic. Third, the John Trigg Ester Library has expanded into the space where the desk and computer cabinet used to be, and so will soon be able to hold more bookshelves, books, and videos. Some rearrangement and construction will be required, so please pardon the mess and sawdust that will inevitably, but temporarily, result. Fourth, as soon as the editor can figure out what the password is, the Republic will be posting a website. It won't be grand at first, but we'll get tehre. Fifth, subscriptions are up yet again, with lots of renewals and many new subscriptions in two foreign countries (Australia seems to like us) and in twenty-four states. Sixth, the number of local sales outlets, alas, is down with the closing of Into the Woods Bookshop and Coffehouse. However, seeing as the marketer now has more free time to pester local newsstands and book stores, the Republic may soon be available even in Fairbanks (if we're lucky). Future editorials will continue in much the same irreverent and whimsical vein, so long as the world at large provides the editor with such wonderful raw material (two and a half million Pop Tarts dropped on Afghanistan in the first month of the food bombings, for example). Looks like there will be no shortage of absurdity in the year ahead! | ||
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