Those are all exactly questions I have been asking, and thanks for linking to Perkins' blog. I'll be following that conversation. (And this one and Roger's and The Longstockings' (http://thelongstockings.blogspot.com/2008/10/kathys-cocoa-brown-with-hint-of-whipped.html) -- everyone's doing it!)

Also, I think I need to read more LeGuin.