Hello all! For the "off" season, I would like to combine the January and
February newsletter in to one, released in January before convention. Let me
know if there is any reason why this will not work. The next newsletter will
be in march.

If you have stuff to include before convention, send it my way by the 20th
of this month!

Also, check out Ernie Shrader's great article about the Australian Tom
Quilty in this month's newsletter. What an adventure!



Laura



"I do not envy those whose introduction to nature was lush meadows, lakes,
and swamps where life abounds. The desert hills of Yakima had a poverty that
sharpened perception. Even a minute violet quickens the heart when one has
walked far or climbed high to find it. Where nature is more bountiful, even
the tender bitterroot might go unnoticed. Yet when a lone plant is seen in
bloom on scabland between batches of bunchgrass and sage, it can transform
the spot as completely as a whole bank of flowers could do in such a lush
environment. It is the old relationship between scarcity and value. These
are the botanical lessons of the desert which the foothills of Yakima taught
me."



William O'Douglas, Of Men and Mountains, 1950



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