Drought Stress

There's nothing about 23 Things, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, or anything related in this article written by Maureen Scott and published in the Review section of the AFR on Friday 19 October on pages 1 and 2.
Maureen and her husband Bruce live on Moothandella. In case you don't know (I didn't!), it's located 43km east of Windorah in the Channel Country of SW Queensland.
She talks about how she came to be living on the property that has been in her husband's family for a long time - there's even a family cemetery adjacent to the main homestead.
She then goes on to describe the impact that the drought has had on the way they run the property and their business. It's not easy. There are some pluses, but there are also minuses. And Moothandella means a lot to the family.
She talks about what they might have to do if the drought continues, including the possibility that they will have to sell up and leave.
She concludes by saying, "I don't want to get to retirement age and regret trying to hang on for sentiment's sake, realising that we don't have enough to retire with or anything left to pass on to the girls [their daughters]. On the other hand, a decision to leave may be more beneficial financially, but the ghosts of time may haunt our conscience and also lead to regrets. Only time will tell."
As I said, nothing to do with 23 Things etc, but aren't I lucky that I can find time to think about 23 Things etc without something like this hanging over my head?