I sort of collect great humor writing. Over the years I’ve gathered a densely packed long shelf of it — Robert Benchley, James Thurber, P. G. Wodehouse, Nora Ephron, Calvin Trillin, Dave Barry — and I grew up turning first to Erma Bombeck in the daily paper.

Writing really good humor is incredibly hard! I know because I’ve tried and totally failed. So I was very, very sorry to read Jessie Raymond’s farewell “Around the Bend” column. She gave us hilariously relatable, deftly written takes on her daily life. Hers was the feature so many of us turned to in this paper first, and it will be very much missed.

Personally, I hope Jessie will consider collecting her favorite pieces into a book. They deserve that. And if “The Best of Jessie” were to come out, I’d wedge it right into my shelf — because her stuff is up there with the best.

Doug Wilhelm

Weybridge