Big Mick was supposed to deliver a surprise for me during the 2nd Annual Mudcat Concert, but the mail did not arrive in time. I received my gift the next day, while CarolC was still around, as a witness. A flat, yet square box, that took me several minutes to open, contained a bodhran of extraordinary value… for it is signed by the following: Amergin, Mrrzy, ChanteyMatt, MAG, RangerRoger, JenEllen, Stewart, Thomas the Rhymer, MouseThief, and what looks like SarahBeth and BEATTAMIA. Please pardon my error if I make one or two on the names, but I'm up late rather than up early.

In addition to the autographs, a finely drawn Mudcat adorns the center of my new instrument. Quite a gift, I must say, one of the finest I have ever received (my cat, however, is very afraid of it). So please forgive me for my delay in thanking all the North Western Mudcatters that sent me this. It arrived between the Concert and the Move and it wasn't till now that I could truly appreciate my gift and express my gratitude with a mostly clear head. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.

All I have to do is to gander at the Resources page to see the smiles of Mudcatters across the globe meeting each other and playing music and having fun to understand what we have here in the Mudcat. Who would have thought that there are others like us all over the world, and thank the lord we found a place to meet each other. Enough thanks for me, thank you all, I love my new Bodhran.