I arranged to send surprise packages to many people, but completely failed to put my name on the box. If you got a mystery gift mailed from Seattle that has a big heart on it, that would be from me, and I send it with best wishes for a new year.
It has been very hard to keep the secret.
Since many of the boxes have not arrived yet I’ll refrain from saying more about the objects, except to offer a huge thank you to Greg. He made the whole thing happen against tremendous odds, not least of which was the historically bad weather.
This particular mad scheme has been on the agenda for more than a year though I was never able to organize the resources. To watch one of my work plans be executed efficiently and professionally over just a few scant weeks was amazing.