So, it turns out that Leigh Ann (
motogrrl) was married to an old, old friend of mine - Caitlin (
hyla_regilla). This I had not known.
I knew Leigh Ann was in around the pagan and fannish communities, and in fact attended many of the conventions and events as I did. I even attended her concerts and rituals, and enjoyed her music. But we never conversed much. She hung with the Berkeley crowd, and I tended not to. I seldom travelled up that way, because two hours driving each way on a weeknight or even a weekend was not really doable for me.
I had been hibernating the last 11 years, mostly due to my having become hemiplegic (the anniversary of my surgery and stroke is May 16), and being less "able" to do things. So I missed the changes.