Please accept my apologies today for not writing my usual blog. I was asked to write a news article for a friend and it has kept me busy all day long. But while writing, I started thinking about all the people who volunteer here year after year and have become like family to me. A good number of us travel from other states across the country. We email, text and talk on the phone all year and before we know it, we are all together again here in Fairbanks, Alaska, doing what we love to do. What draws us is the comradery, the positive attitudes, the beauty of what these artists create and well, we are a family. Back to business tomorrow.