The books arrived from Lulu right on time and beautifully packaged. Found a typo in one poem:

roots

of the fallen pine

move again

a deer comes into view

with a find rack of antlers

Thank goodness I was able to fix it before ordering the books to be sent to Japan. Steve Kott of Good Day Books in Tokyo is acting as a one-stop tanka shopping center. He agreed to let me ship my books to him so I do not need to carry them in my suitcase.

Yuki, a friend of B's in Moab, used to work for a travel office in Japan and is on the search for lodging in Nikko for us after the congress. It turns out that the weekend we want to be there, many Japanese schools will be making class trips. The one place I really wanted is completely booked at the moment. I trust that wherever we land it will be the right place for us.