The photo above was taken at Scott's aunt Leithe's during a 'journeying' workshop the Likeminded Ladies took with a shaman several months ago. Don't we look like we were having a great time?

Scott's mom is the white-haired woman sitting on the couch, and his aunt is the grey-haired gal on the floor. I'm sitting on the couch next to my best pal Cathy, who came from Saskatoon for the workshop.

Last night we had a small gathering. The occasion, as if we needed one, was that I am leaving in a week or so. I raked in booty — a basketful of relaxation aids (bath stuff, music, tea, candles) and a round, yellow-toned wall plaque showing a fairy leaning against a plant. "She reminded me of you," Leithe said, and I took it as a compliment.

Subject: Re: Hi

So you finally got that holiday back home, eh?

Mom's started her experimental drug treatment (she had the second one yesterday) and is feeling okay, just tired some days and with fairly severe pain in her neck and shoulders from the cancerous lump that was in her chest — they spent a week irradiating it every day but I guess it wasn't vanquished as we'd hoped. She takes Tylenol and ices the neck and makes do because she doesn't like taking morphine for pain.

Emil did have a bike with large training wheels on it, which he has outgrown now. You can buy special bikes for kids like him, they are like adult three-wheelers. The kind you are talking about are actually tippy if you turn too sharply, I'm told. But the specially made ones would be good. I'd just have to bite the bullet and buy one. I don't know how interested he'd be right now; he likes to go out and walk around and seems happy doing that.

Enjoy being home,
Kate

*(Trisha, this email came back to me as undeliverable so I'm hoping you'll see it here)