Holy Cow! Welcome aboard, Mert, sorry I am a little tardier than some of my compatriots! By the way, 'Spaw, it's getting WAY too cold to dance nekkid anywhere in ole Why-Oh-Min, these days! But the faeries are still here, at least I don't think they migrate. No, silly sods, they're just as dumb as the rest of us who stay here through the gawdawful winters!

Say, Mert, if I remember right, Vixen said somehting about you starting an arts colony/school or something, right? And, her growing up in NE CT? We used to live in Mystic. My twin grandsons are in Groton with their parents.

While we may cut up, we are a harmless lot of music lovers who support one another with respect, love, and affection, sometimes in curmudgeonly ways, but still and all fast friends.

There is hardly a day that goes by that I don't see some posting on here that takes my breath away either because of its history-telling, knowledge, eloquence, or bare-naked emotion. These people are the best and I hope you can join us often.

All the best,

katlaughing