Thanks for the update on the Sears building. Interesting that it matches the Philly building. I suppose they just transported the design and plan out to Seattle. I wonder if anyone else has a matching store? Like the old dime stores--anyone remember Newberry? (Was that J.J. Newberry or something?) They all had the two flights of stairs going down to the basement? But this is thread creep. . . (The most exciting trip to that Sears was when I was about six and my sister and I got our first Barbie dolls. That was back in the days when one Barbie doll was all you generally had).

I'll have to pay attention to all of the discussion on how to play or record music for use in places like Mudcat--because I have so much of Dad's, some of it already on tape, some of it notations on paper. When I get moved this spring all of that stuff comes out of storage--and then the fun begins! I would like to be able to answer some of these questions based on Dad's work, about versions and words, and I also would like to make this collection available through some university library or folklore society or museum.

Maggie