The donors of the Birds Nest Soup book to the library have contacted us to say they had searched many bookstores in England and America looking for the book and then someone told them to try Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto who had it in stock.The voice that answered the telephone welcomed them to the Gay and Lesbian bookshop and that was the reason they dealt anonomysly.
Last evening a Dutch couple Kees and Elly Leyenekker who are frequent visitors stopped overnight with two friends Evelyn and Michelle. When we met they enquired for Mara a jack russel dog we owned when they were last here some years ago.They met Mara a few times walking by the river. Back home they keep cats and there two latest cats are called Shannon and Mara. It is a bit ironic but the Mara dog was killed by a car as he tore across the street after a cat.