It is May Day and I am penning this letter amidst making final arrange- ments for Coverings and putting fin- ishing touches on this issue. I just created the first posts from Coverings ’18 on the Tileletter and National Tile Contractors Pages on Facebook, where I’ll be posting a lot of news, announce- ments, products and developments during Coverings. And since nothing ever goes away on the internet, you can look back at our Coverings cov- erage there as well. Search for it at #ntcaatcoverings18. By the way, if you are on Facebook and aren’t following those pages, you are missing out on articles and infor- mation throughout the year, not just trade show time. And I hope you are also occasionally visiting TileLetter.com online – this digital site posts fresh news every day and you can access TileLetter past issues and archives too. For this issue, we have a full slate of business and technical stories. Check out the Business Tip story about OSHA compliance for silica, and also Dean Moilanen’s story about using foam shower trays and the push towards establishing a stan- dard for this product. In our Ask the Experts sec- tion, we explore the good, bad and ugly of wall lighting placement and how it can help make or break your project. Do you install a lot of stone? Check out the doc- ument in our Stone Section for pointers from the Natural Stone Institute on successful natural stone installation. Have you attended a pre- sentation or workshop with NTCA’s Robb Roderick? Well, meet the man who trained him as a helper back in the day – Kerry Rogers, a recent NTCA member, pro- filed in Member Spotlight. EDITOR’S LETTER Lesley A. Goddin “An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette 14 TileLetter | May 2018