Paula, you know my feelings already.

You introduced me to the phrase 'herding cats'. It was new to me.

You've been herding ideas, studies, people, loose ends, and us for years; connecting us together, and moving us on, pulling us out of trees, turfing us out of too comfortable places, demanding that we get on out there and do something, sometimes treading on our tails, reminding us of the urgency and never giving up.

The herd is growing and getting more clamourous, and I can't imagine it without you. Stay on the journey as long as you can, you will be there in our collective fur, paws, claws and whiskers, and you will have gone home.