Although it’s not as common as it once was, receiving snail-mail correspondence from our readers was always a highlight for me while I was working on Esopus. This drawing is from a photo I took of one section of the “Wall of Fame” of reader mail in the Esopus office. I would pass this wall countless times each day, and the creativity and enthusiasm in every one of these gems continually served as a source of inspiration—and on more than one occasion, much-needed morale boosting.