I had a wonderful time at annap's on Sunday. We sat in the living room around the roaring fireplace on a very cold and windy night; you could hear the winds howling above the chimney, resonating in keys not necessarily in harmony with the keys we were singing in. And a location on a barrier island one block from the ocean lends itself to windiness. Winds NW at 20 to 30 mph, with higher gusts!

Inside the living room was a warm crowd with singing to warm the heart. No recordings (at least on Sunday afternoon/evening), although annap took snapshot photographs that might make their way onto bbc's mudcat resources sooner or later.

I drove home to Maryland tonight on reasonably empty but very windy roads. (Persons from outside the Northeastern United States should understand that reasonably empty means only about 8 or 10 vehicles in front of you in the next mile or so at 2 or 3 a.m.; at no point do you actually get to use your high beam headlights on I-95 or the New Jersey Turnpike, no matter how late the hour.) The crosswinds were fantastic and required careful control of the car, especially crossing the Delaware River (Delaware Memorial Bridge) and the Susquehannah (Tydings Bridge on I-95). When the folks in New Jersey who remained read this in the morning, they will know I've arrived home safely.

Thanks annap, for hosting a wonderful gathering!

--Charlie Baum