[Cally Conan-Davies]

Thanks, Terese and Claudia!

But no, we won't be reading in NY or DC, and I'm sorry you couldn't be at Newburyport, Claudia. We had a marvellous time there, attending the Powow workshop, and the reading afterwards was so much fun.

I want to thank any Powows reading here for looking after us so beautifully. It was so moving to see people again -- Wicked Rhina, Man-without-a-nickname (AKA Michael Cantor), and finally meeting my Salt (Jean Kreiling), and Andrew Szilvasy. Newburyport is a beautiful place.

And thanks, too, to Chris O'Carrol for attending the Amherst Bookshop Reading! It was incredible for me to be reading there, with Emily only a short walk away.

And finally, perhaps the best audience I could ever ask for: Nemo's real cows, with a bevy of chooks and a rooster thrown in.

My thanks to all who made this so memorable for me.

And of course to all the trees of New England for all their crazy coloured leaves!

C