back from K.C.

[Ron Nossaman]

> I'm glad you had such a positive experience; wish I could say the same.  
> Sometimes you pick the right classes to go to, and sometimes, you don't.
>  
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago

I made a couple of interesting classes that I thought were 
winners. I wasn't asked to teach, but I came anyway, did  the 
two day thing, and talked to a lot of old friends, put a half 
dozen faces to names after all these years, met new and 
interesting folks, checked out what is currently being offered 
in old and new piano lines, shared a deep and abiding love of 
functional gadgets and processes with a few cherished kindred 
souls, and had a really good time altogether. I also saw a 
number of folks at a distance, or in passing momentarily, that 
I'd liked to have spent some (more) time with had it been 
available.

As usual, I participated in what I could, if not nearly all 
that I'd prefer, and left with the impression of having been 
about half there, overall.

Got a half dozen hugs along the way too, which will buffer 
months to come. Gold, thank you.

Earlier in the week, Jim Busby, Vince Mrykalo, and Alan McCoy 
made the (three+ hour) trip from KC to Wichita to visit me in 
my intermittently (Ok, mostly) wretched little shop where, 
among other things, we ribbed a redesigned S&S M soundboard. I 
hope you guys weren't too disappointed in my minimalist 
operation and general clutter. If so, you were most gracious 
in overlooking it.

Life is good. Thank you, friends, you make tomorrow possible.

As for the rest of you. Don't mess with me.





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Ron N