2004-11-16 - 2:39 p.m.

It has taken me a while to update; too many things happening at once.

Day at the Races was a raving success. I never thought that inviting people to ride in hobby horses and bet chocolate coins to the riders would arouse so much enthusiasm.

It was terrific to see all the participants tear around the field among the wild cheers of the crowd. And Denise made a terrific "bookie," very much in her role while wearing the croupier visor that Delphina made for her with the seashells of a Princess of Atlantia. She was a sight to behold!

Denise makes a wonderful princess and she will make an awesome queen.

Nevertheless, the day was not all cheers and joy as we learned the sad news that Duke Gyrth had passed away the prior evening.

There are many people who knew him much better than I did. I wish, however, that I had had the chance to get to know him better.

My memory of him is that of a guy that, being a legend in the Society, had not a single pretentious bone in his body. A man who being a Duke of Atlantia will not hesitate to don a grass skirt and a coconut bra and lead the conga line, is my kind of guy.

They don't make them like that anymore and he will be sorely missed.

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