Morning coffee alone!

This morning, I crawled down the stairs and made my coffee at around 5:30 am. Where was Bill? My coffee just was not the same. I miss you, Bill!

Yesterday, we drove to Baltimore for Bill's flight home. The time flew by while he was here. It was the best, better than I had ever imagined. We toured, gathered, taught, thought, looked, painted, sketched, laughed, evaluated, and played.

Now, we thank: Brad Verrico- web designer, and our most valuable local resource, Tasha Verrico- moral support specialist, and site manager, Howard Little- domestic engineer and bartender extraordinaire, Jessica Mailhot and Clint Castanzo- food prep champions and star neighborhoodies, Jean Sharf- photographer and Lancaster County's most valuable creative tour guide, Pixie Berman- hostess of memorable evening filled with non-stop laughter and local color museum guide, Carol Spenser Morris- our southern perspective and blog site creator, Cindy Moyer- totally talented teacher, food prep assistant, first event date, Jeremy Hollinger- general artist assistant, and humor monitor for "Pill", Anne Martin- artist assistant and Philly driver-tour guide, Bryan Hubbard-YIC's most valuable asset, The Red Raven Art Company, owners and Lee- reception hosts and home for Bill's art, Peter Barber of Two Dudes Painting, the teachers of Hempfield School District, and Target for their generous donations to supply our endeavors. Finally, to the residents of LCYIC, thank you for being eager participants in our new program. The staff who monitored our program were supportive and helpful. We look forward to many more experiences at the Center because of all of you. To the many people and friends who supported our fundraising and gave generously, listened and suggested, thank you.

Now to express our gratitude to Bill Myers, artist, teacher, humorist, guide, friend and courageous "first" for our program's launch. Thank you, Bill. You maintained steady on our shaky course, giving us smiles and laughter along the way. You were a wonderful house guest. We hope you will remember us well and come back many times to visit. Bert