oooooooohhhhhhhhh, you are good mystery gifter. esty lady is all "I was told it was a secret santa gift, so I don't know if I can say." I SEE HOW YOU ARE! And your etsy minions too. The gnome, too. He sits there smirking, MOCKING MY NOT KNOWING!

never fear, I will carry on, sniffing about, gathering evidence. YOU WILL BE FOUND OUT AND THANKED PROPERLY, DAMMIT.

shakey fists.

Man, that etsy lady does *not* know who she's thwarting.

I sent her a very nice email back, saying all was fine, no worries.

Hey guys, sorry. I've been sick and I had all my stuff on an old computer, but you will get your info you requested tonight /tomorrow.

msbelle is killing me.

I want to take some time to open and post about my stuff, and that time is not now. Tomorrow, La Secreta!

I am also ded of msbelle. If this is the response to secretiveness, I'm totally being sneaky next year!

Thank you, Sue! It was a lovely surprise.

Yay, I'm so glad you like. And I was so thrilled to be able to send you something anonymously.

I don't know Avison super well. I've studied a few of her poems and I liked them. My other choice was Michael Ondaatje, but I feel like people either really love him (as I do) or really hate him and I wasn't sure if you had an opinion.

My other choice was Michael Ondaatje, but I feel like people either really love him (as I do) or really hate him and I wasn't sure if you had an opinion.

I'm not familiar with Ondaatje, either. Aside from Oliver, my knowledge of modern poets is pretty sad. I'll have to look him up.

He's more famous for his prose (he wrote The English Patient), but he started out as a poet.

If I encourage people to be more sneaky and secrety in the gifting ways, then my work here is done. It's like a whole other gift, the hunt, the fake outrage, the ridiculousness. priceless.