Editor's Note

My mother is NOT the one I was referring to in the semi-fictional account below.  She does a wonderful job of selecting books/food/other random things and mailing them to me.  My intention was to speculate on the poor selection of books available in the communal Peace Corps library at our main office, which consists of volumes sent over many many years by many many parents, all of whom love their volunteers dearly and would never intentionally provide their sons and daughters with less than quality reading material.  Now that that is all cleared up, I calmly await the arrival of the final Harry Potter and some cookbooks (thanks mom!)