Greetings, editors!

We have always put together "goodies" for editors who invest the time and money to travel out to our Gatherings. This year's bag includes recycled newsprint pencils, eco-friendly bamboo pens, and our personalized all-editor-photo notebooks. I'll be making my annual PMC clay pendants to hand out.

In the past, various editors who attended have brought along presents to share with their fellow gathering attendees.

This year we're taking it one step further!

Several editors have expressed an interest in sending along goodies to share with the group. Our editors are a talented bunch! We make soaps, jewelry, origami, booklets, and many other items. It's wonderful that we can share our creations with each other!

Helen, our SciFi TV editor and one of our friendly local Chicago helpers, has graciously agreed to help collect any goodie bag items you'd like to share with the editors! If you have something you'd like to share with the group, please contact me and I'll help you arrange the details. In essence you'll mail about 15 of the item to Helen in Chicago, and she'll hold onto them and bring them to us at the gathering.

Remember, our gathering begins on May 21st! We're getting close!

MUSIC

Thank you so much to the editors who have sent along their inspirational music choices! I am compiling them all here -

http://www.bellaonline.com/content/meeting/chicago10/music.asp

When you get a moment, be sure to go to that page and read our Deafness editor, Felicity's, story! It is incredibly moving, and reminds us all to keep reaching for our goals!

Lisa Shea, owner
BellaOnline.com

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