John, a warning. People who hang out with me tend to go straight to wherever they have a stuck spot and... get unstuck. It's not always comfortable... really.

With this in mind, may I suggest that this thing might get unstuck if you were to think of the value of spreading the songs themselves. Never mind the quality, the technique, the sound equipment, or doing any of it right. Your MudSister wants to learn a hymn to sing on a Saturday night, and would love to learn it from YOU and then make it her own.

That said, I have owed McGrath (and a bunch of others) tapes for months. I'se shy. Maybe sumbuddy help me get unstuck too. I have some real lousy tapes, John... wanna trade? And they are hymns. You know, that's a responsibility. In my own defense, I really have not had time to dupe what I have, and I have been having some serious vocal problems too. But the ball is still in my court.

Now it's in yours too!

Love you either way!

And I will think of you as I tear through the Pennsyltucky hills, going up to the spring to fetch water, learning whatever I have on hand now to learn from, singing... most recently, Giac and Dharmabum have blessed me...

~Susan