Please check this blog for the most up-to-date information before you phone me. I enjoy hearing from my friends, but I need to conserve my energy. Not repeating everything will help conserve my energy. I will answer the phone from 7am until 8pm (yes, I retire early). Please do not call outside my requested phone hours.
Be advised that I do not check voice mail. Please do not leave voice messages. If your call is not answered, please try again in about fifteen minutes. The most common reasons I don’t answer are being out of radio coverage, on another line, in an important meeting, or in the bathroom, so please do try again.
I have over half a dozen different phone numbers. Most of my phone numbers screen calls or route calls with different protocols. For best results, please, call the number I gave you, not a number obtained from caller Id.