Well, my friends, it was a blast. OK, I'll bite: here is the official place to post your favorite moments and memories. I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts on the experience, so please hit "reply" & add on... --Elmira College and the Center are in great hands: Joe & Matt and staff did spectacularly and I am so grateful having them at the helm. Well done: many people remarked on their enthusiasm and vision going forward. --Much stirring talk about humor, satire, wit, jokes, and/or some variation of that subject area, over several sessions: turns out Jim Caron is quite the humorist! Except he may not like being called that... and everyone I consulted agrees that it should have been real whiskey, not iced tea, they were sipping... --Japan wins again for most represented nation outside the USA!! Otsukare sama deshita!! One scholar, a Syrian national, was unable to join us due to the travel ban -- which we learned from a tearful Matt Seybold. Matt was not the only person moved to tears over the weekend by the way ... --Great turnout and good weather -- and as usual, it was the PEOPLE involved that made being at Elmira 2017 very special and memorable. gratefully, --Hal B. -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> www.halbush.com