It seems so mundane, so inadequate to say that the weekend at Anna's was wonderful. It seems to me that every gathering of Mudcats is nothing short of miraculous! And each time I get to meet more and more 'Catters who are already familiar to me through the Mudcat or some who, by way of ICQ have become even closer friends.

We're constantly breaking new ground here, folks. Gatherings such as this one, comprised of people who have only met by way of the internet are as yet fairly rare. You hear of the occasional marriage which resulted from an internet connection, (my daughter, Kelly, is an example,) but get-togethers on the scale we are doing (and with the frequency with which we are doing them, are uncommon to say the least. I find the whole thing to be totally mind-blowing.

For this reason, I always find myself very emotionally effected. I can only tell you that the bond I feel when at last I see Mudcatters in person and share music with them is intense.

I will leave it to others to give a better account of who was there and what was sung. For me, it was almost more important that it was happening at all rather than what was specifically going on or what was being played.

In short, I had a great time. Gods willing, I will get to do more such things in the future.

Allan