Some business.

1) First, I don’t know how to say it without sounding like a sentimental schmuck, but a million thank yous to everyone who has commented, emailed or sent along general encouragement. What a surprise to find that my ramblings have a home on the net (and in your hearts, aww). Your support has kept me firm in the idea of selling this trip as a book. And money = more miles = more blogs. So thank you.

2) Some of you have emailed me to ask if I can tell you when a new posting is up. I can only guess that this is because you tire of looking at the same thing for weeks on end and would rather use your internet navigation time to read non-neglected blogs. So yes, if you want to be notified when a new post goes up, send an email, subject line “Tell Me”, to tracy.motz@gmail.com.

3) I’ve finally uploaded some pictures to Flickr. You can view them at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/talkingwithstrangers/. Be forewarned, they’re of the generic, mom-pleasing sort and will not be interesting to most. They’re not interesting to me, and I took them. (Peter Barnes, do not look, they will waste your life.)