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.

I like the sneaky! Also, I like the msbelle hunting-for-it.

Dear Secret Santa receiver person.... I will send stuff. I PROMISE. But I am sort of swamped today and what I have to send will be out tomorrow. I do promise.

What Kat said. I'm working hard on the gift, but it may not go out until ... Thursday. Yikes. I'm sorry!

I actually mailed my gift today! IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!

or something.

Not that anyone should put off sending just cause, BUT, if you look at the elfster site, the deadline to get gifts is by year-end. I think everyone is doing a great job this year. Also remember if you are not going to be able to make year-end deadline, email me post-haste, we have people in the wings ready to send notes and trinkets and even the main gifts if needed.

I haz a box! I'm guessing it is secret santa related cause there are close to no clues on the outside regarding who it is from. I say close to cause I see a zip code for where it came from. But my secret santa has been sneaky on earlier notes, so who knows.

Will open when I'm done with work, otherwise I'll be distracted by the shiny.

msbelle, I sent you an email.

Thank you, I replied.

Oh and Secret Santa, I got the note you sent me on elfster. I am still investigating though. The Truth Is Out There.