Dear Mav,

Who to say "Dear Mav" to now? Nobody.

Well, whatever the personal reasons are for your impending absence, I hope they'll turn around and bring you back here....if for no other reason than Dr. Bill has been scrounging up so busily dozens of words, including bumboat man, in a valiant attempt to keep us on course in our separate bumboats--confections of sweet words, baskets of fruity words, and words to sit back and smoke, like the tobacco off a bumboat.

I'll look forward to reading an entry from you sooner than later in the future.

Best regards,
WW