Title song one of my favorites of the year, too.

Going with my son!

I have *some* idea of how welcome that would be, fingers crossed that it works!

When I took the class in ~1990, the lectures had already been pretty much verbatim published as essays in his books. So if you've read his books, you really didn't miss anything as far as his storytelling prowess.

Lol is that me and if so can I put "wise friend" on my CV?

I share your consensus, which is part of the reason why Portland (ME) feels too far to go for the nearest show. (It is not actually very far.)

So envious! She's not coming to Boston this tour.