Gosh, thanks. And yeah, I need to somehow find time to do another podcast episode — I’m running out of hours in the day, though. Often don’t even have enough time to read blogs like I should. It’s all too much fun!

This is the kind of thing I wanted to do as a kid. I did a lot of it — had a base station and broadcast radio shows to my friends, stuck mics in people’s faces, and published a newspaper for my school chums. Blogging and the Internet is bringing all that back to me now. And you’re a huge inspiration to me. So, yeah, I’m thankful for Dave.

Glad you liked! Yeah, Elanor’s presence really made this podcast, I’d say.

Sweet and quirky and so familiar, Dave. Perfect, I’d say.

: )

And you were! Almost. Next year, I hope.

Thanks, Maria. I’m glad you felt included, and wish you and Charlie could’ve been here in person.

One of the joys of having young children around is that you can feed them all kinds of nonsense and they’ll believe it. Actually, Elanor and my dad (whom she calls Pocky) engage in imaginative play by the hour, more or less as equals — a very special grandparent-grandchild bond.

I thought you’d appreciate hearing how much we value the BBC World Service as a soporific aid here. (Many NPR stations, like ours, carry it in the wee hours.) A friend of mine told me she does the same thing.

Glad you liked it, Jean! I was worried it would seem a little too self-congratulatory, but I guess my mom’s words of concern about other people prevented that.