Hello, everyone. Glenn and I arrived home about 2:30am. I'm having trouble coming up with words powerful enough to describe this wonderful weekend. The music was AWESOME, the people were fantastic, and I mean everyone, not just mudcatters. We were made to feel at much at home and received with such warmth.

I loved meeting the other mudcatters there. Catspaw, I presented your "gift" to Mick at a Mudcat Gathering that was going on in one of the lodges when we arrived Saturday afternoon about 1PM. We went there first when someone told us they were meeting right then. We didn't even sign in til it was over. After hearing each Mudcatter play/sing, ad it was about to end, I walked to the front and asked for Big Mick, whom I had already recognized. I told him, in front of everyone, that I had a gift from someone we all wished could be there. It was in tissue papaer, in a brightly colored bag. When he pulled out the "potato", everyone had a good laugh. Then we all went out and had a group picture in front of the lodge. I am so glad we made there in time for that meeting.

After that, we went to scheduled workshops. There was so much going on, it was very hard to decide where to go. Max's blues workshop was great, Barry Finn and RiB's prizon song workshop was great fun and very informative. I cannot mention everyone because I know I'll forget one and hurt someones feelings, but every single workshop we went to was wonderful and informative. There were too many to name and each was wonderful.

Glenn said it was inspiring, and that was exactly what it all was. When we had the concerts in the evenings, and the voices of all that talent was raised in one voice, it brought tears to my eyes.

I hope more of you can make it next year. It was wonderful and you all were spoken of and sorely missed.

I have to go now. Honey is waiting patiently to go have breakfast.

Love, annap