Oh, Calumn, this is so very beautiful. To know what it was like for that last few weeks through your eyes and words; to hear that she finally understood all the beauty she brought into all of our lives...and I never saw it before now, but you've got that photo pegged – it's *so* De Lint, it's hard to believe it isn't a cover of one of his books. How many conversations did she and I have about Newford and its inhabitants? I can't even begin to count.

With every new story I read, she'll be a regular character, waiting in the wings – just beyond our ken, but always in our hearts. I'd like to mail Charles with this, with your permission. I imagine he'd be extremely touched to see it, and to know that we had a living inhabitant of Newford amongst us for a spell.