I'm refreshing this thread with some good news...I saw Lana last week at ye olde pubbe; she is doing very well, officially in remission as they say. She's not singing yet but is planning to get back to it soon.

And I met with Marion de Mudcat, newly resident in Perth (Ontario) at the same occasion. In fact she's coming over here for a guitar lesson later today, unless she's come to her senses. Marion and I each played a set at the pub, she is as you might suspect from her frequently thoughtful and inquisitive postings a fast-devleoping talent. Hey she can play a whole Christine Lavin song without a single lyric stumble--something I couldn't do on the best day of my life.

This would be a great day if it wasn't raining like an SOB and I didn't have an incredible kitchen-full of dirty dishes awaiting my attentions...

Willie-O