I'll agree with others who've said it's not "important," like making sure I'm at my kid's wedding or being available to take my mom to the doctor if she needs it, or even like showing up at work every day. However, when I have met up with members of Mudcat, it's been more like a family reunion than a meeting of strangers. I know I wouldn't feel that way about EVERY Mudcat member, but certainly the ones I've met are definitely in the category of "Pal," which is just slightly under "Family" in my psychic filing system.

I persist in the dream of going on the Mudcat World Domination Sofa Tour someday, staying on sofas of Mudcateers wherever they'll have me. And if I ever win the Lottery, I'm buying a big tour bus and coming by for a bunch of y'all. (But not everyone, of course. Who wants to hang with the deliberately un-fun?)

WW