On Sunday morning, the day before our symposium opened here by the Black Sea, Georges Michaud asked me if I would be willing to be one of three speakers at this closing session. When he intimated that I was to be a stand-in for Wal Sargent who is unable to be here, I set aside all remnants of reluctance and agreed to entertain you for approximately twenty minutes. Wal was one of my earliest inspirations as I trod a path from solar physics into stellar spectroscopy.
The Abundance Connection - the View From the Trenches