peter t.....one of these days we'll meet, and talk, and do hand signs together, and talk about native wildflowers, and poetry, and third party politics, and my new vermiculture....

maggie n.t.c......meow! i'm glad you're coming. of course you don't HAVE to do the hand signs (there's no report card, despite this being at a high school, teacher); but you'll WANT to do the hand signs! so sharpen those claws....er, nails.

bonnie....hope the scalper left your bonnie locks. you got front row tickets? i thought they were reserved for little kids and elephants.

jeffm....you'll be playing a lot of strings. i hope you've started to tune 'em....

tony burns (who wrote privately)....yes, i already know what i'm going to wear.

~'nut