I just want to say to all the visitors, new and old that we are up and running and you can greet this era of our rough and tumble world with ideas and signs that will perhaps make some sense of all we are processing. It's been a tough slog, kudos to Stace Johnson for all the hard work, and to fellow editor, Leonard 'Red' Bird. We have just seen Obama get the Democratic nom and make a rousing acceptance speech; and are waiting to see how Gustav affects New Orleans and the RNC convention.

I am still in old San Miguel de Allende where we have had many recent storms, some of the strongest on record. Yesterday, I attended a theater performance at our Santa Ana Theater of a wonderful Agueda, a collaboration of music, theater, dance with the wondrous Arleta Jeziorska as Agueda, Christian Baumgarner as El Acompanante, and the original music of superb cellist Jimena Gimenez Cacho. It was an archetypal journey to touch a Jungian heart, and Keith Keller and I greeted the cast after the show with much graceful praise...I will look forward to hearing from the voices that will be part of our RRR family of concerned writers as well as commentators who want to join in. Bienvenidos!

Bill Pearlman
Sept. l, 2008