I met Ru Temple in San Francisco in 2005 while my husband and I were there shooting a video. We had known each other through LJ but had never met, so it was a special delight for me. We enjoyed breakfast and sharing journals, and then took a stroll around the Mission District seeing all the artistic highlights. Ruth has a fabulous sense of humor and is a wonderful talented artist in so many media. My favorite moment was seeing her in her environment – in the sunny parlor (with aged cat and beautiful wall-hangings) in her kitchen where she dyes and bookbinds to the lemon tree in the back yard (from which she makes marmalade.) And she is a bibliophile like I am, so I felt completely at home.