Dear Burt, I hope everything is well with you and Virginia. Perhaps by the beginning of October or so, I can begin to exchange stories about things pertaining to Associate Deans and their trials and tribulations. In any event, my congratulations to Virginia and all the best in her new job. The other I faxed the James Laughin to Betsy and mailed a good copy of the original to Emily Wallace. Once again, I thank you very much for thinking of me, and I do hope the paper works out. Of course, there is quite a bit of work to be done by someone on Laughlin's poetry, but I don't know if I'm the person to do it. I am certainly interested in participating in some capacity in the running of _Paideuma_. Once you have a better idea of what it is exactly you wish to do with the journal, let me know and I'll do what it takes. We came back from London last week. Homecomings used to be happy events, but this one proved to be bitter-sweet: It was nice to see my parents who were visiting from Greece, but it was not so nice to see my father-in-law who is still recovering from a vicious, massive stroke. Of course, I did not stay in London for the entire two weeks: I drove to New Haven from there and spent a few days at the Beinecke--always a great experience. I enjoyed reading a few H.D. novels and looking over some of the _Trilogy_ material. I hope that one of these days (post-Deanship days) I can go back and spend a few weeks there. Were it not for the fact that my daughter is ill at the moment, I would have been talking to you on the phone instead of writing. Her soccer team is playing a game tonight in Elseworth (is this the right spelling?) and a couple of games tomorrow in Bangor. But I'm so busy that I'm not disappointed, though my daughter is bitterly disappointed for missing this one. Well, enough of this. I hope to hear from you soon. Best, Demetres