From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #449 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, December 5 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 449 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: It Stays Pretty Green & Hair Color ["mike pritchard" ] Re: holiday season, njc [Bob Muller ] Re: holiday season, njc [Smurf ] holiday season, njc ["Marianne Rizzo" ] NJC [StDoherty@aol.com] Bonnie Raitt NJC ["Cassy" ] Re: It Stays Pretty Green & Hair Color ["Mark Scott" ] Re: Desktop pic #22 ["ron" ] RE: holiday season, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: holiday season, njc [Deb Messling ] RE: holiday season, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] RE: holiday season, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: holiday season, njc [Em ] Re: holiday season, njc [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: holiday season, njc [Bob Muller ] Re: holiday season, njc ["Cassy" ] my Christmas wishes NJC [Em ] Re: a question for Joni [LCStanley7@aol.com] njc, I'm so excited!!! ["Patti Parlette" ] njc, Carly's poem ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: holiday season, njc [Smurf ] Re: njc, I'm so excited!!! [Smurf ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:40:57 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: It Stays Pretty Green & Hair Color >When Joni wrote (in "River") "It don't snow here/It stays pretty green," did she mean "It stays a lovely green" or "It remains rather green"???> >>Well, the response, while modest, has been decidedly pro-"rather. I'll vote for "lovely" however. It just seems more Joni-like to me, especially in the somewhat-precious language she sometimes used in her early work (yes, Blue is early). It also seems more visually, emotionally and poetically descriptive to me than the "rather" option.<< Isn't the whole point of our lady of duality that it is 'and/or' and not 'either/or'? Surely 'pretty' was chosen because it has both meanings where 'rather' (which also has more than one meaning) is limited in this context. Wouldn't you rather use a word that says two things than chose a word that only says one? mike in bcn np sly and robbie - Dawntreader dub (just kidding, Muller) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:40:22 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: holiday season, njc hello beautiful people. . . What are 3 things things you like most about the holiday season? or 2 or 1 I like the Christmas music. . (even though I am not a Christian) and I like the lights. one of my favorite songs is "Oh holy night." It is so beautiful. . . I like it all but especially the part where it says. . "down on my knees. . ." Marianne _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 07:05:58 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: holiday season, njc 1. When it's over 2. When it's done 3. When it's finished Bob NP: Red House Painters, "Red Carpet" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 07:14:36 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: holiday season, njc Marianne asked: My reply: 1. What Muller said 2. What Muller said 3. What Muller said - --Smurf, who happened to catch sight of a mylar Smurf balloon at the beginning of the 'For Free' segment of the 'Refuge of the Road' DVD last night and has begun to think that maybe Joni is sending him secret signals as he slides into the somewhat frightening annual practice of talking about himself in the third person - -- Muller wrote: > 1. When it's over > 2. When it's done > 3. When it's finished > > Bob > > NP: Red House Painters, "Red Carpet" __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:27:50 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: holiday season, njc Bob and Bob, You two go find a river. Marianne asked: My reply: 1. What Muller said 2. What Muller said 3. What Muller said - --Smurf Muller wrote: > 1. When it's over > 2. When it's done > 3. When it's finished > > Bob _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:38:53 EST From: StDoherty@aol.com Subject: NJC In a message dated 12/03/2005 3:04:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:03:34 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Subject: they are playing joni in some small shop Wow, cool story. I saw Chuck Mangione in Rochester, NY two years in a row. He was a "Local Hero" there, teaching at Eastman, and recording for Mercury. Anyway, Ms. Satterield did a very cool job on "The Land of Make Believe". The arrangement was HUGE but she more than held her own. She was so poised (like a vocal major I guess), it seemed like she was leading, rather than following the composer/arranger/conductor/featured soloist Mangione. That's quite a trick. I haven't seen her since, so "thanks for the memory". (Bree, did you ever see Ester Satterfield or Chuck Mangione in Rain-chester, NY? It's a long way from Joni but lots of his stuff was okay in my book.) All the best, Jim I loved Ester Satterfield and tried to find some of her recordings on CD - - - do you know if any are available? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:26:11 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Bonnie Raitt NJC This morning I rose early enough to catch a wonderful performance by Bonnie Raitt on Direct TV's "Freeview". She was showcasing her new CD "Souls Alike" I was especially impressed with her live duet with Stevie Wonder and didn't realize he had tapped her talent for his own new CD. She introduced the members of her band as the show progressed and I have to say I really enjoyed Jon Cleary's performance. After the performance there is a short interview clip. The show will replay today on Direct TV at 1.30 P.M. and it runs just over an hour. I hope some of you can watch and enjoy it. Cassy NP: My coffee pot spitting steam as it finishes brewing... time to go. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:12:55 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: It Stays Pretty Green & Hair Color mike pritchard wrote: > Isn't the whole point of our lady of duality that it is 'and/or' and > not 'either/or'? Surely 'pretty' was chosen because it has both > meanings where 'rather' (which also has more than one meaning) is > limited in this context. Wouldn't you rather use a word that says two > things than chose a word that only says one? Maybe if you were Prince Charles: 'I say Camilla! Isn't the grahss rahthuh green for this time of ye-ah?' We're talking about somebody who grew up on the Canadian prairie, not Mayfair. She's going to say the grass in L A stays pretty green in the winter, not rather green. 'Rather green' sounds awkward and stuffy. Joni is neither awkward nor stuffy. I'm always a little bit suspicious when people start talking about an artist's intentions regarding the meaning of their work although I have learned over my years as a JMDLer not to put hard and fast interpretations on Joni's lyrics. People start to talk about layers of meaning and the intentional use of a word of phrase to imply more than one thing and I have to wonder if the artist truly thought about that when they wrote or painted the piece or if it's just what the listener or viewer projects into it. I moved from Iowa to Seattle in 1978. Iowa (contrary to popular belief) is not so much prairie land as it is rolling hills. But I suspect it is a good deal more like the country Joni grew up in than the Pacific Northwest. In Iowa, winters are pretty bleak. Not much green anywhere in the landscape. Not much color at all besides brown grass and fields, the black and grey of bare tree trunks, mostly grey skies and the frequent white of snow. Out here where I live now, there are so many evergreen trees and shrubs and the grass stays green all year round. I suspect LA is similar but with different plants. To someone who was accustomed to the bleak winter of the interior, the green would indeed appear very pretty. So I suppose it's very possible that Joni was thinking in that context when she wrote the line 'it stays pretty green' or maybe even consciously thought of both connotations. Personally, I don't think so. I've always heard 'relatively green' or, if you prefer 'fairly green' or 'rather green'. But that's just me and anyone who knows me knows I am far from having a normal thought process. Mark E. in pretty/lovely/rather/fairly/relatively green Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:44:23 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: holiday season, njc After careful consideration I have thought of something: 1. The CD soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" That is to say, it is something that is exclusive to Christmas that I like. I could listen to that CD anytime, but I don't - only at Christmastime. And there are other things I like; supporting a charity and getting together with my sisters, but I do those things anyway throughout the year so I don't relate them to the holiday. Unfortunately our culture has taken something simple and turned it into an unbearable monster such that it spawns memos about "Handling Holiday Stress" and a big jump in suicides when people realize that Norman Rockwell isn't going to show up to paint their dysfunctional family. Bob NP: John Lee Hooker, "No Substitute" PS: I'm also happy that the holiday season spawns some extra covers of "River". Marianne Rizzo wrote: Bob and Bob, You two go find a river. - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Let fate take it's course directly to your email. See who's waiting for you Yahoo! Personals ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:41:34 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: Desktop pic #22 hi >>>mark wrote >>>> Two monitors, huh? Maybe I should come up with a second Hejira >>>> wallpaper so that you have a variation. I had been thinking about doing >>>> that ....................Watch this space. thanks mark - i have grabbed them all & will put them on slide show. only - could you do a request??? i was really, really hoping youd come up with one with my favourite line: "a defector from the petty wars, until love sucks me back that way" ron ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:27:31 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: holiday season, njc Awaiting for better things to come. Snowflakes....no two are the same. Thinking of Christmases past....childhood...innocence.. Fragrances..pine....spirits...chocolate... Christmas music. (what other time can I hear....I want a Hippopotamus?) Bree >What are 3 things >things you like most about the holiday season? > >or 2 > >or 1 > > >I like the Christmas music. . (even though I am not a Christian) > >and I like the lights. > > > > >one of my favorite songs is "Oh holy night." > >It is so beautiful. . . > >I like it all but especially the part where it says. . "down on my knees. >. ." > > > > >Marianne > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:25:17 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: holiday season, njc >Where do I start? I love the holidays. Here's three things off the top of >my head: Going to the tree farm to cut down our tree Hauling out my decorations: the fancy-schmancy sparkly stuff and the old decrepit "purely for nostalgia" stuff Reading "'A Christmas Carol" And here's three things I detest: The annual carping from the right wing about the alleged liberal conspiracy against Christmas Putting the damn lights on the damn tree. The relentess merchandising (Acme Rat Poison: makes a great gift!!!!) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:19:09 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: holiday season, njc I wanted to mention candles...it gives me an excuse to light many...day and night... We have three burning now..heavenly. Bree >Awaiting for better things to come. > >Snowflakes....no two are the same. > >Thinking of Christmases past....childhood...innocence.. > > >Fragrances..pine....spirits...chocolate... > > >Christmas music. (what other time can I hear....I want a Hippopotamus?) > > >Bree > > >>What are 3 things >>things you like most about the holiday season? >> >>or 2 >> >>or 1 >> >> >>I like the Christmas music. . (even though I am not a Christian) >> >>and I like the lights. >> >> >> >> >>one of my favorite songs is "Oh holy night." >> >>It is so beautiful. . . >> >>I like it all but especially the part where it says. . "down on my >>knees. . ." >> >> >> >> >>Marianne >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:29:21 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: holiday season, njc I have to add my favorite movie.... Christmas movie...Scrooge with Alistair Sims. I love all the versions.....but the British one with Mr.. Sims ..imo... is unsurpassed. >I wanted to mention candles...it gives me an excuse to light many...day and >night... > >We have three burning now..heavenly. > >Bree > > > >>Awaiting for better things to come. >> >>Snowflakes....no two are the same. >> >>Thinking of Christmases past....childhood...innocence.. >> >> >>Fragrances..pine....spirits...chocolate... >> >> >>Christmas music. (what other time can I hear....I want a Hippopotamus?) >> >> >>Bree >> >> >>>What are 3 things >>>things you like most about the holiday season? >>> >>>or 2 >>> >>>or 1 >>> >>> >>>I like the Christmas music. . (even though I am not a Christian) >>> >>>and I like the lights. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>one of my favorite songs is "Oh holy night." >>> >>>It is so beautiful. . . >>> >>>I like it all but especially the part where it says. . "down on my >>>knees. . ." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Marianne >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's >>>FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 15:46:26 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: holiday season, njc 1. The Roches Christmas album, again.. "freeze thy blood less coldly!" 2. getting together for an evening sometime prior to the Christmas Eve shindig to make our oddball cuban Christmas foodstuffs with my mom, my aunt and 90 year old grandmother.... mullet, for instance. ...nobody else, just the 4 of us. Priceless. 3. having a couple extra days off work Many other aspects, though, I find horribly negative. Em - --- Deb Messling wrote: > >Where do I start? I love the holidays. Here's three things off the > top of > >my head: > > Going to the tree farm to cut down our tree > Hauling out my decorations: the fancy-schmancy sparkly stuff and the > old > decrepit "purely for nostalgia" stuff > Reading "'A Christmas Carol" > > > And here's three things I detest: > > The annual carping from the right wing about the alleged liberal > conspiracy > against Christmas > Putting the damn lights on the damn tree. > The relentess merchandising (Acme Rat Poison: makes a great gift!!!!) > > > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Deb Messling -^..^- > dlmessling@rcn.com > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:01:29 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: holiday season, njc The thing I like about the holidays is knowing that Muller will be forced to listen to Handel's Messiah at least once. :) Just kidding Bob..........it hasn't been brought up in a few years. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 16:48:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: holiday season, njc Oh Jimmy, you just HAD to bring up the MESSiah, didn't you?!?!? Well, suffice to say that you are WRONG & that I will NOT be subjected to any treatment of this Gitmo-Ghraibish torture as I now keep a safe distance from church as if it were a Wal-Mart. But now you have these bad memories dancing like sugarplums in my head..... "And the guh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-vernment sha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hall be-he-he-he-he-he-he upon his sho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hooolder"...and I thought Mariah Carey could wear out a note! Give me Jim Nabors Greatest Hits any day. Bob NP: Herbert von Karajan & The Berlin Philharmonic, Ravel's "Bolero" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Let fate take it's course directly to your email. See who's waiting for you Yahoo! Personals ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:50:16 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: holiday season, njc From: "Marianne Rizzo" <<< What are 3 things things you like most about the holiday season? >>> 1) Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas". 2) In lieu of trinkets none of us really need, my closest friends and I donate the money we would have spent on each other to the shelter for battered women in all our names (Six friends @ $20 a gift each). We've donated a little over $700 to an excellent cause each year for the last 5 years and the feeling I get from us doing that is the one gift I really look forward to each year. 3) Pouring over the photo album and remembering Christmases past. My father died a few years ago and I have a special ornament with his photo in it, I cry every year when I hang it. Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 18:25:03 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: my Christmas wishes NJC Laura Love produces and arranges Ferron's new album Laura Love produces and arranges The Roches new album what are the odds? Em ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:45:05 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: a question for Joni An inquisitive mind wrote: What question would you ask Joni? Hi Quiz, I would ask her if she would like to come over for a cup of tea. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 03:18:20 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, I'm so excited!!! Dear Joniamigos: I am beside myself with excitement and anticipation over seeing Cindy Sheehan speak at UConn tomorrow night. And it gets even better: I am even MORE excited about HAVING DINNER WITH CINDY SHEEHAN! YES!!!! I have been invited to a private home to have dinner with my hero!! Pinch me! Help me! When I get this crazy feeling I know I'm in trouble again! I can't believe my good fortune. I am so excited I can barely type, but I will try. Do you want to hear how this came about? Love is a story told....(but if there's no good reception for me then tune me out and scroll on by....) Late Friday afternoon in the ole workplace, I heard our wonderful secretary Mary taking a phone call. (Mary is our serene and unflappable secretary who is always cool when I have a Joni emergency: "Mary! Hurry! Put on WHUS!" And she does it, without questioning.) Mary is always level and calm, so when I heard her squeal: "Oh my God! I can't believe it! Wait, let me get Patti", I was a little worried. (I worry sometimes.) She raced into my office and said: "Quick, quick, pick up the phone!" I said: "Oh, no! What is wrong, Mary? Who died?" and she said: "Just pick up the phone!" I said: "Hello?" And I heard: "Hi Patti. This is Amy, from the Progessive Student Alliance." Me: Hi Amy, how are you? Amy: Great. I 'm calling to see what you are doing Monday night. Me: Why, I'm going to see Cindy Sheehan, of course! Amy: What are you doing at 5 p.m.? Me: Just getting ready to see Cindy, painting my sign probably. Amy: Would you like to have dinner with Cindy? (my heart stops) Me: What? Amy: Would you like to have dinner with Cindy? Me: GET OUT OF HERE! WHO IS THIS? THIS IS NOT AMY! It's Judy, goofing on me. It's Mary. Who is this???? Amy: (laughing) No, it's me, Amy. Me: It is not! Amy: (laughing harder) It's Amy! Me: Are you serious? Amy: Yes! Me: No way. I'm on Candid Camera or something. This is a joke! Amy just laughs and laughs. Me: This is a joke, right? Is this some radio station? (this kind of stuff went on for at least a minute) Me: Okay, I'm checking my caller ID. Oh my God! It really is you. Amy: Yes, it is. We are having a dinner for Cindy at 5 p.m. at Claire's mother's house, near campus. Would you like to come? Me: Well, sure. ARE YOU SERIOUS? Wait, though: I don't know if you'd want me there. I don't know if I AM INTERESTED ENOUGH!!!! More laughter..... Okay, so here it is Sunday night, and I still cannot believe it. I am going to break bread tomorrow night with my hero! My heart is so full of gratitude and compassion for this woman. She lost her son in Iraq, and she turned her grief into such positivity and sparked the anti-war movement. She went to Crawford Texas in August, all by herself, camped out on the land trying to set her soul free, slept in a ditch with fire ants and chiggers and who knows what else, just to get a chance to ask George W. Bush what "noble cause" her precious son Casey died for. Well, of course Mr. Bush would not speak to her, and the rest is history. If he had only spoken with her, she might have gone home and this would be over. But no, he would not speak with her. (If he can't handle one grieving mother, how can he handle a whole grieving world? Better to ignore it and pretend nothing is wrong. Stay the course.) Deep breath. Okay, so tomorrow I meet Cindy. Do you think this can be real??? I'm in a dreamland! I am writing her a Christmas card (a peace one, of course), and I'm inserting a prayer card w/ a beautiful poem entitled "Don't Quit" (which I am personalizing for her), and a red magnet in the shape of heart that says: "Someone at UConn Loves You" so that she can remember her time at UConn, "and you know...." I may add more stuff. I would like to add some printed emails from friends, supportive messages to continue to support her (I already have one from Monsieur le loveable Smurf), so I ask you all this question, similar to the one Marianne just posed: If you were to meet Joni, what would you ask her? If you were to meet Cindy Sheehan, what would you like to say to her? I would be oh-so-honored and JMDL-proud to give her your messages. And of course, I will ask her if she likes Joni! (only if the mood seems right....I will be sensitive to her spirit, because after all, she lost her son, and she is preparing to speak to a large audience at UConn...). Speaking of large audiences, the Student Union Theater where Cindy will speak only holds 500; the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts (where the devil incarnate Anne Coulter is speaking Wedneday), holds 2,500 or so. WTF? A friend tells me that Bill O'Reilly's website from Dec. 2 says that this is a big week at UConn. Both sides now, all on one campus! Check out this website: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/2/211829/526 My mom asked me who I'd be more excited about having dinner with, Cindy or Joni. Tough question, I'm sorry to say. Just at this moment of the world, I'd have to say Cindy. We have to give peace a chance!!! And my mom went on to say: "Just don't get arrested!" Argh. Myrtle, that's not what this is about! LOL... I should stop blathering. I have to write my card to Cindy and paint my sign! Love, Patti P., totally psyched, feeling like "Who do you think you are, Kitty Welles?"....lol! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:32:51 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Carly's poem Hi again Joniamigos: Have you seen this poem by another Carly? It was written by Carly Sheehan, daughter of Cindy, sister of Casey. I wonder if Cindy named her after Carly Simon? If I get a chance tomorrow, I will ask her! Love, Patti P. (still not believing my good fortune!) *CARLY'S POEM* A Nation Rocked to sleep Have you ever heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son? The torrential rains of a mother's weeping will never be done They call him a hero, you should be glad that he's one, but Have you ever heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son? Have you ever heard the sound of a father holding back his cries? He must be brave because his boy died for another man's lies The only grief he allows himself are long, deep sighs Have you ever heard the sound of a father holding back his cries? Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother's grave? They say that he died so that the flag will continue to wave But I believe he died because they had oil to save Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother's grave? Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep? The leaders want to keep you numb so the pain won't be so deep But if we the people let them continue another mother will weep Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:28:49 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: holiday season, njc - --- Em claims she's: > 2. getting together for an evening sometime prior to > the Christmas Eve > shindig to make our oddball cuban Christmas > foodstuffs with my mom, my > aunt and 90 year old grandmother.... mullet, for > instance. The four of you expect people to eat a tacky hairdo? That is just so weird, Em. - --Smurf __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:47:38 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: njc, I'm so excited!!! - --- Patti wrote: > She went to Crawford Texas in August, all by > herself, camped out on the land > trying to set her soul free, slept in a ditch with > fire ants and chiggers > and who knows what else, just to get a chance to ask > George W. Bush what > "noble cause" her precious son Casey died for. With the war and the wacky weather and broken bones and all that's wrong with life lately, I've been feeling a little bit hopeless about the future of the human race, Patti. But the rare people like you and Cindy Sheehan give me hope that sanity and love may prevail, and that the children of our planet will someday inherit a world worth living in. Favor? If you get a chance to have your photograph taken with Cindy, please do so and send me a copy. I know it would give my heart a lift -- and hope -- every time I looked at it. I think it was only a matter of time before you and Cindy met, Patti, because as you know -- two heads are better than one! - --Smurf __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL  Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #449 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)