Wow, this is beautiful, thank you. When I do my reread of all her books, I shall try and remember the hominess. That idea will be an added facet to my reading, making me notice new things in it. That ending to Homeward Bounders, yes, breaks my heart every time but I love that book. I don't think I actually liked Hexwood the first couple times but boy did it make me *think*, and reread and reread till I did sort of understand it. There are several of those amongst her books, and there is almost nothing better than a book you have to work at but love anyway. I'm not sure if it will work the same way for you but I do recommend rereading any of the ones you bounced off of. Deep Secret I adore, partly for the con itself, even though I've never been to one.

I also want to tell you that your Tam Lin was instantly a comfort read for me, and only isn't now because I reread it too often and it's on the cool off list :)

I'm sorry I'm pretty spacey today, I apologize for that.

I wanted to ask if you'd ever read Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope? It's a Tam Lin also, set in the reign of Queen Mary of England. As far as I can tell she only wrote two books, both of which I adore but never seen anyone talk about them.