Hello Everyone!

Yes, it's me, the GG, back at the 'sacred keyboard' ;-) with a silly grin on my face, basking in the afterglow of the Bard and Bardess' visit to Moon on the Hill. They should be getting frisked at the airport right about now, and we should be hearing from them later today -- that's if they don't sleep all day after having to get up at 4 am to catch their plane.

What a wonderful, wonderful time we had . . . full of music, laughter, food and stories. I did my best to hum along while I shovelled some good Texas cookin' down their gullets; although I have to say they didn't put up much of a fight . . . ;-)

Walks in the wild, gathering seeds, running through the park to the duckpond, swinging in the playground, watching the blue crane fly, jamming with a Merle Haggard song, listening to 'Ode to Joy', debating the vagaries of poetic meter and mood -- these are just some of the experiences of not even two days with these fantastic folks. Lucky, lucky, lucky me...

I was hoping to be inspired (and brought 'back to the fold') by my dear Amos and his lady, and they did not fail me. I swore that I would return to this crazy place we call Mudcat, AND issue a new Song Challenge! in short order. I even offered to let Amos have a peek at the 'Secret Book of Challenges'; but, he thought discretion the better part of valor on that suggestion . . .

Thank you all for being patient while I was away diggin', plantin' and haulin' in the garden here at Moon on the Hill . . . The Goddess is back in the building now . . .

Hugs and snogs to one and all, Áine