Mick, and Max, and Spaw, and Art, and Jen, and MM and LEJ, and all you Great Catters:

As another erstwhile enthusiast who has tempered my time on this wonderful place, a withdrawal I count as a triumph of self-discipline, let me chime in:

You are each and everyone of you miraculous fine minds, hearts and souls in the great orchestral masterpiece of the world. I count among my blessings having the pleasure of crossing time and place with you here. Thanks for the depth and the joy and the intensity and the pure-dee cussed ALIVENESS you constantly bring forth and freely offer.

May another wonderful year treat you even better, bring you challenges and the howling joy of meeting them successfully, bring you words that touch you and notes that elevate you and prosperity that enables you to flourish in the world, hot-souled and truth-breathing, doing well away and beyond your greatest hopes.

With warmest affection,

Amos