Oh!
By the way, ,there was one other person who was not able to attend the conference that I know of.
Ryo, from Japan, he messaged me to tell me that his sister in law's mother passed away as he was on his way to Elmira, so he had to cancel, and go to Japan, to take care of things there.

I was sorry that we had to miss his presence as well.

Hope you all are safe at home, and working on more interesting Twain material.


I know I am! :)

Thanks!

Jules



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac Donnell
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 8:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Au revoir!: Elmira 2017 Highlights

It reads just fine in the Forum archives, so I tried to do a cuss & paste, and repost it, but for some reason beyond my understanding only a portion of it would copy correctly.

Kevin
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hoffman
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 5:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Au revoir!: Elmira 2017 Highlights

Dear Shelley:

Can you try reposting? At least on my computer, your posting appears as those notorious random characters that sometimes plague Twain-L.

Sincerely,
Steve Hoffman
Takoma Park MD

On 8/7/2017 11:46 AM, Shelley Fisher Fishkin wrote:
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