My last promotional article featured the CSSA Journal, so I thought it might be appropriate to say a bit about the CSSA Newsletter, “To the Point,” a publication which CSSA members also receive along with the journal. Under the able editorship of Peter Bockenthien, the newsletter features a number of articles of interest to the general cactus and succulent hobbyist. Perusing recent issues, one can see that there are several regularly appearing columns, one by fellow board member Tom Glavich, who writes a beginners column on the cultivation of various groups of succulents, recently straight-spined mammillarias, agaves, and North American cerioid cacti. Another regularly appearing feature is the column by Roger Brown, retired veterinarian and talented succulent grower from the Omaha area. He offers much valuable advice on growing our favorite plants and occasionally provides always illuminating philosophical comments. Dan Mahr, our peripatetic president usually has interesting observations on plants he meets during his travels, as well. (See his column “Points to Ponder”).