Better late than never? For a myriad of reasons, E-Cass is very late in coming this time. By the time of the autumnal equinox only a scant 3 articles had appeared in my E-Cass mailbox! Over the next week a few more trickled in but still barely enough to mount an issue. By then the time I normally allocate to producing E-Cass had slipped away and I was forced to "re-schedule". It normally takes me about 2 days to mount E-Cass so, as you all know, finding two days this time of the year can be a problem. So, with apologies here is the Autumnal Equinox 2005 issue. Many thanks to the faithful authors for getting their contributions to me. Brian Martin (brian.martin@kingsu.ca)