I met Romie about two weeks after we moved to Ames. One of my hand-hooked rugs had been damaged in the move, and I was looking for the correct canvas (locker hook rug canvas) to patch & re-hook it. No internet back then. Someone told me to check with the Octagon in old Ames because they worked with a lot of craft people. They said, "oh I bet Romie will have some". They called her up, and Romie said "send her over". So I go over to this beautiful house in the woody section west of campus. Go up to the door and "heeeeeere's Johnny!" Only I've only been here a couple of weeks, and I have NO clue who he is. So he takes me to where Romie is, and she & I chat for a while, she gives me a section of canvas, then starts showing me her projects around her house. Warm, genuine, generous...and yeah, I think she probably qualified for sainthood. She referred to the basketball players as "her boys", and according to her they were frequently in the basement playing Nintendo.