I have given up my account with a Canadian webhosting company in favour of hosting my own site. The primary reason was simply a matter of cost. I was able, with help from my son-in-law, to set up a server on my old Dell laptop. And now, I am able to do the same as before, only for free. It’s a win in my opinion.
The only problem is that I will have to recreate the archives as they no longer exist in a form I can export to this new site. Why, I have no idea. I blame it on WordPress.Com. With that said, I beg you to have patience as I slowly go forward with the resurrection of this site.