Hi RiGGy, Peter is just fine, matter of fact he seems just great. He's been out of the loop for ages but he's just started up Living Traditions again & is gonna see if he can't revive the singer's nights (really it's Peter Johnson night) at Passim's again among some other things. He's mellowed much & gone are the boop boops but watch the glaze in his eye when he starts talking music or singing, there's the spark that never died. On the way home I kept thinking about Peter & the music he exposed a city to. Some went to Scotland, Ireland or England to collect songs & bring em here for the rest of us & thank God for them. Peter on the other hand would just bring over the singers & before you knew it a full blown music party was on full tilt. It was great fun having Dan join us & us join him & it was twice the pleasure to see Peter there who ages ago put on Shay who was now putting on Dan who Peter had also put on ages ago, kind of like an old family gathering where one of the elders who may have been ill for a time had recovered to pick up where they had left off, maybe with a little less energy & a bit more age but with a greater sense of maturity & wisdom & with no less love. Dan, if ever there's a man who should be kissed or hugged by their peers he's your man. You should've seen his heart swell when I told him about the thread about him & that both (Uncle) Kendall & (Uncle) Sandy were happy to hear of him & well wished him, I was teary eyed, he was just thrilled that (not still crazy) after all these years some still thought of him, never mind in a good light. These nights keep happening like this & I'm gonna be ready for not only the poor house & the dog house but I'm gonna start thinking that that's where I should be just before dying with a smile on my face as I'm carted into some pre-dawn ER. Barry