Philcon 2004

Even with our last-minute invitation, George and I had a great time at Philcon, and were royally treated by our hosts. We saw several old friends, including the hosts of this site, Glen and Jill Engel-Cox, but wish we'd had more time with Charles Pellegrino, who was kind enough to give us a signed copy of his latest book, Ghosts of Vesuvius. Charlie's writing is always both illuminating and entertaining, scholarly and yet extremely readable, and this one promises to be his best book to date.