Katey, and sure but aren't ye just grand!!!! Happy Birthday, my friend. I took a few days and rested, these damn organizing campaigns take more and more out of me the older I get.

Here are some blessings and toasts I looked up for you.

May the lilt of Irish laughter
Lighten every load
May the mist of Irish magic
Shorten every road
May you taste the sweetest pleasures
That fortune ere bestowed,
And may all your friends remember
The favors that are owed.

Deep peace of the running waves to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the smiling stars to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the watching shepherds to you.
Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you.

May the good saints protect ye,
And the divil neglect ye!

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY FRIEND

Mick