Oh, I'm so sorry I'm so late in responding to your lovely comment -- somehow this got away from me.

Thank you so very much for saying such a nice thing.:) I have to admit, writing John here was a pleasure, though at times difficult, because I had to let just enough but not too much be apparently about his background, etc. John is such an interesting character to me! I'm really glad you liked him here.

Hee, Rodney would be pretty interesting as an Uncle!