Max, I'm just chiming in as one who has been hanging around for most of the fun (since 1998).
You have done more to expand and enhance the quality of my life as regards my knowledge of the many-faceted world of folk music, and my friendships the world over, than anyone else I can think of. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My usual practice when someone I care about is going through a struggle is to stand quietly by, offering love and support, and help if needed. So here I am.

(Meanwhile, to the rest of us, I offer a phrase I see often on another site that is about knitting, not music: "Don't poke the crazy!").