and like you, mary kaye, and many others, she was encouraging of young writers, whether fiction or nonfiction alex. the story, my name is mary sutter is the story of a civil war surgeon's helper, a woman too young to be a nurse who wanted to be a surgeon. now, as appropriate that not only was robin a new novelist, but our own daughter is a hospice nurse who spent this last year constantly being with her presence, and loving and caring daughter, and a nurse. and that was hard. i miss our talking about our day, the warm spots of the day, the outrages, the annoyances, what we learned, what we would do differently. our grandson asked me who's taking care of me now? i tried to assure him about the incredible support from family and friends, and that impd well and healthily. i would see he's in the camp of trust, but i better verify. [laughter] >> there's lots of stores about politics and prose. i used to travel outside of the country, and would come back with stories like the time going down an escalator in beijing, and someone coming up with a politics and prose bag. it might've had shoes, but at