Alas and alack, I shall be hard at work here in Ottawa this year while more mobile 'Catters enjoy the Getaway hospitality of the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. I have been asked to teach the writing component of the semi-annual two-week Defence Public Affairs Course, and the first weekend of November falls right in the middle of it.

Edmund is planning to be there, however, so the Getaway will not lack for civilizing influence from the Great White North.