I began writing this Editorial one day short of a week after being released from the hospital with my second knee replacement (mid-September, 2009). My experience this time around was much better than last January. Then, my energy level was very low, but, this time, I recovered my energy very quickly. My knee itself is doing well, just as my other knee did. I am walking without support, and I have full range of motion very unusual, but I am grateful that my body has adapted so well! At this point, I am doing extremely well.

I received an e-mail from Wallace Craig indicating that he had just tried to have a conversation with our former president, Bill Collyer. Bill has not been doing well, but he has just suffered a severe stroke, and he is doing very poorly. As Wallace said, he sounded like a 100-year-old man. One of Bill's major accomplishments, along with Wallace, was to set up our library with the Western Philatelic Library. Consistent with your tradition, please send your good thoughts to Bill and his family.

This issue will be heavily focused on PHILAKOREA 2009.

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