Gratitude

This is a card that Dave Van Ronk signed more than a decade ago. Roger had heard on his favorite radio station that the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" was quite ill and in need of some financial assistance. We were glad to send something his way. We didn't expect to get this wonderful card in the mail. We saved it all these years. We did "misplace" it a few years ago during one of our many moves, but found it again just the other day while cleaning out the old filing cabinet. We literally had not looked in that thing since we left Port Townsend in 2008. We put the card in a little frame, and now it sits on Roger's dresser.

I photographed the card today because we both feel such gratitude for your comments and support in our never-ending quandary about where to live. I feel like we're trying to stay one step ahead of the global climate change models and choose the right place for enough water and sunlight until the end of our days. It's a serious decision. The future looks so dire and so HOT. It may be that we are being overly influenced by this endless heatwave, but the endless rain in the southeast fills us with foreboding as well.

That's why we thank you for your thoughtful and considered comments. We appreciate it and will probably ask again as we begin to search for our future.