I hope Bill_D will come up with some of his great retrospective photos of some of these events.

I never met Micca, but over the years we wrote via various media and I always appreciated his scientific mind; he had very good observations and advice on many topics.

He sent the best Secret Santa parcel ever to Moonglow, when she participated in the game. And we made sure she sent a thank you note because it was expected (as a teenager she was a little slow about the sending.) I wish I could send Micca a big thank you now for all of the pleasure he offered at Mudcat, the silliness, the music, and the humor. He was a giant among our group, and Keb got the description right, he looked (and sometimes acted) like a character out of Middle Earth.