There were six of us at the house this afternoon when we opened the box from Pocatello and learned all sorts of things, both interesting and useless, about Idaho and the upper Rocky Mountain region. Spices, bread mix, books, candies, postcards (French? maybe that's what you missed when someone took the box away from you and mailed it?) and some great refrigerator magnets. And a CD of Walt Robertson, American Northwest Ballads Sung by Walt Robertson, with Guitar. He was an icon in the Pacific Northwest folk community. It's always nice to see these recordings come out from Smithsonian Folkways - it means they're going to stick around, that they're important.

Now, WHO, oh WHO could be my secret Santa? ;-)

Thank you, Mike, and your silent partner, Pat!

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