Angela Gardner is currently living on Ireland's Beara Peninsula; I write from Naarm/Melbourne. Around reviewing the submissions for this issue, Angela adventured variously (jaunting—to Clonakilty, to Wicklow Mountains—Printmaking. kayaking); I did a lot of sitting, hunched on the sofa by a window. reading while the sun rose. I was ahead by the clock but otherwise lagged. Here is Angela, fleet (between blackberry picking and lawn mowing), setting out some context for this issue...(Introduction)