She said yes and we exchanged board names. We both had read a lot of each others posts. The conversation played out like one between actual (vs. virtual) acquaintances. I have always fancied her as a “healing-woman” or a white “Obeah woman”.

After the trip I e-mailed her to ask her permission to mention her name in my report. I’m sure she got my e-mail but I never received any confirmation from her so out of respect I’m not going to mention her name. Any boardie would recognize her board name and I have to say in the flesh she comes off exactly like her posts, mysterious, kindly, ethereal yet grounded and above all altruistically caring.