The following is a written transcript from a recent PBR interview:
[ 5: An interviewer] "Welcome back everyone, it is now time for
one of my favorite segments of our program - "Meet the tourists
of Morada!" Today we are interviewing Kim Canella. Welcome Kim!"
[ 5: Kim Canella] "Thank you very much for inviting me."
[ 5: An interviewer] "Kim, tell us when you arrived in Morada,
and what brought you here."
[ 5: Kim Canella] "In the spring of 1997 I was teaching at a
university in the US, I was trying to decide how to spend my summer
vacation when I came across a brochure about the island of Morada
on the bulletin board in the university library. After reading it,
I glanced at the stack of mid-term exams I had yet to grade, and I
jumped up right then and called my travel agent."
[5: An interviewer] "Oh, you taught at a university, what did
you teach?"
[5: Kim Canella] "Introductory Math and Accounting courses, very
dry subjects. It wasn't until I spent a few weeks on Morada that I
discovered my true passion....as I traveled around the island, making
deliveries, I started noticing the many different kinds of insects
here. I have spent many happy hours making notes of the insects on
the island, I call it my Entomology Log, my friends call it my Bug
Book. But, if you want to know where to find tinging gnats at eight
a.m., I can tell you!"
[5: An interviewer] "Ahem, I see."
[5: An interviewer] "So, are you still here on vacation? If so,
that is quite a long vacation."
[5: Kim Canella] "<laugh> No, when my summer vacation was
almost over, I knew I wasn't ready to leave the island, so I wrote
to the university and told them I was going to take a one year sabbatical.
Since then, I have continued to enjoy tracking down criminals, exploring
the island, and, most especially, spending wonderful times here with
friends. That made me decide to remain on Morada indefinitely."
[5: An interviewer] "Kim, I would like to thank you for visiting
with us here today. And, listeners, please be sure to join us next
time for "Meet the tourists of Morada!"