Haggridd, good friend and legendary filker

[Phyllis]

This is such sad news.  I was fortunate to meet John in person at 
Nimbus.  He let far too many of us pile into his car and drove us to 
the market (getting lost many times along the way), and seemed to 
thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to help us out.  The most fun I had 
at Nimbus was hanging out with John, Caius and others in Gail and 
Lilac's hotel room and singing filks while John handed out 
the "Pickled Toad" awards (he had brought toad statues with him - a 
whole stack of them!).

I was hoping to recreate that magic someday, but it will never be the 
same without John.  I am saddened that he will not have the 
opportunity to filk Books 6 and 7, and that we won't have the 
opportunity to sing them.  He will surely be missed.

~Phyllis