I find it hilarious that what is currently "knotted hemp" is what I called "macrame" when I was doing it in the early '80s... :-)

I hear ya on the cat boxes. I tend to scrub it out in the bathtub at least once over the winter.

I'm just assuming that you're not doing Pennsic again this year, correct?

Mudthaw tomorrow in New Jersey. My document is finished, so hopefully I can post pics on Sunday!