It was a pleasure to read Tom's book "Stories I've Heard, Characters I've Met, & Lies We've Told" as a natural tangent to Anne Parker's "Follow me to Alaska". Did get to visit Alaska in July and August of 2022. Wish I'd met him. What a wonderful character and a charismatic story teller. Thank you and I'm touched forever by his picturesque depiction of Skwentna and more.