Hi, Majora.
I don't know Daniel as well as some fan forum members, but I have been lucky enough to recently, VERY unexpectedly, get to not only meet him, but to spend time with him...and I am thankful to be able to be getting to know him as a friend. We live far apart (I am in Northern Cal, he is in Texas), but we speak over the phone every few weeks, and I plan to visit him again next month, and in February (when I will bring his fan-forum house-warming gift to him), and I am sure I will visit at other times in the future, too.
Perhaps he will even visit me in California sometime

He is certainly welcome -
I am not too far in age from him (he is 44, I am 48), and so that, plus the fact that my sister has also struggled with severe manic-depression, has made for a natural friendship between us. Of course, my loving his artwork and music also makes for a fun friendship

He is a lovely man, really.
Gina