Rowan Tree and Red Thread

I'm back home tonight after a marvelous dinner out with John Kovalic, James Wallis and Cat, James' girlfriend, in Cafe Paradiso, the best vegetarian restaurant in Ireland. It was, as might be expected, a splendid way to spend an evening. John is a truly generous and genuine guy, full of excitement at the adoption process he and his wife, Judith, are undertaking to bring Luisa, a little Russian orphan, into their family, and pleased as ever to be in Cork for Warpcon and three days of peculiarly Irish gaming madness. It was my first time meeting Cat and I was very taken with her humour and the obvious warmth James and she share. It's good to see James relaxed and happy in his skin.

And James... well I really enjoy that we ( and I) and James seem to be able to slip back into comfortable conversation, tale-telling and a real interest in our recent events, even if a year or two have passed since we last met. We don't overlap much in the rest of the time, but I'm always happy to have the chance to meet up and reconnect. Thanks Warpcon!