Thanks for the refreshment, Mary. I will make sure that the Domlers get a copy of your message.

Connie Regan is still telling stories, and only last week sent a long and heartbreaking message about visiting Ray and Rosa Hicks at their home on Beech Mountain in North Carolina. Ray is dying of prostate cancer, and the story telling community is going to be tragically reduced when he passes. Hospice is helping Rosa cope with it all and Ray has a patch that helps with the pain, so he's receiving all the care that's available. He has long been without peer as a traditional folksayer of Appalachia. I'm glad I was given the opportunity to record him at his best.

Sandy