Welcome Herb,
And welcome to your family making the move to NC. Y'all get comfortable
when you visit here in the winter 'cause it kin git dang cold fer a while.
As most people say, "it's really not like this usually." Expected low
Thursday am will be 10 Fahrenheit.

And by coincidence, I'm increasingly interested by micros too. I've been
making frequent visits to the North Carolina coast to look for micros.
There's also that parcel of micros I picked up in Sri Lanka in November
beckoning me, yet probably unidentifiable because there's an almost
complete lack of books featuring micros from anywhere, let alone Sri Lanka.

Happily, you'll find many others who are partial to micro shells on this
list. Please do contact me if you're visiting the area, through my private
e-mail address.

Wearing three layers in my drafty apartment,
David Kirsh

>This is one of those coincidences that demands my attention.  I just signed
>onto CONCH-L yesterday, and at that same time my daughter and son-in-law and
>2 of their children were in Durham, NC (where, needless to say, they still
>are and will be for the foreseeable future) looking at houses for their
>planned move in early March.  Then, one of the first dozen or so posts I read
>is from you, David, in the same lovely semi-tropical part of the world.
>Hmmmm.
>
>I'm from Huron, OH, as are my daughter and family.  My wife and I have been
>visiting Sanibel, FL for the past 20 years or so, and I've been lucky enough
>to meet and get to know Jose Leal at the Shell Museum.  He's been a moving
>force behind my increasing interest in the mircomollusks of the immediate
>area, and, and a great help in getting me headed down the right path to
>organizing my collection.
>
>I look forward to the CONCH-L experience.  Hope to "see" you all on line from
>time to time.
>
>Herb Chapin
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