A year or two ... or three ... ago, I thought to propose to John a "greatest hits" compilation of Archipelago for dissemination to the general public.

Now I'm not so sure. The best Archipelago writing tends to be highly personal, and I suspect the authors frequently would decline to share it outside this group. And much of the rest, while interesting to us, would likely bore outsiders.

But compile your "greatest hits" volume, and if anything in it happens to be mine - who knows? Maybe I'll laugh, and agree to publication.