There are so many things I want to say...........and I can't seem to put any of them together right now. Others will have more and better......his life was so full and his impact so great.........The world owes him, the folk community owes him, Mudcat owes him, and I owe him.

I will never forget a line he wrote back in '99 when I was extremely ill. He, like so many others, rallied round and it surprised everyone I think at what a place Mudcat was becoming. He wrote, "My God, I've tears in my eyes for a man I've never met. This is what is meant by "community."

Indeed. And today my eyes are filled with tears as well.

Much Love to Caroline and the entire Paton family who have endured so much these past months. Thanks for sharing Sandy with us.


Pat