Thanks, Linda. Upstate - right near Saratoga. I have yet to make it out to Long Island, but one of these days! :-)
We had a pleasant email chat - she wanted an update on the kitty, and she said she hoped I'd managed to find a car (long story, but I'm hoofing it right now, which is tough in these parts. Much too rural for that). Taking it at face value and leaving it at that. Just a nice, neutral, brief conversation.