My husband (CET) and I met some of our favourite people on the Cat, which led us to a Memorial Day shanty sing in Portland, Maine, where we met Bat Goddess and Curmudgeon (RIP), Jeri, Kendall, Naemanson, Charley Noble and others too numerous to mention. Later that year (I believe it was 2000), we went to Old Songs, where we met Charlie Baum, who invited us to the Getaway, and the rest is history.

We have benefitted from the hospitality, expertise and just plain niceness of the Mudcat community almost since it began, and it is still crucial to our social life.

Looking forward to the Getaway next week -- Ranger1 will be there for sure, and Janie, and Dani, and Amos, and the great Joe Offer! We can hardly wait.