From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #482 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 Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Saturday, November 12 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 482 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Judy Collins on Joni: "She's a difficult woman" [Bob Muller Subject: Re: Judy Collins on Joni: "She's a difficult woman" Gerard - trust me, no one's comments are ever ignored. Quite the opposite, in fact, as several hundred people read them. People may not RESPOND but that's a whole different thing. It happens to us all. As for the "awful stories" about Joni, I don't recall any from JMDLer's on the list. When I met her in 1998 she could not have been more gracious and kind, and even responded to my request with a dance with a "maybe later" instead of a flat refusal. Bob ________________________________ From: gerard mclaughlin To: T Peckham Cc: kbhla ; joni@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:14 PM Subject: Re: Judy Collins on Joni: "She's a difficult woman" One of the things I find hard/difficult to appreciate isn't Joni or anything she says it is how the fans react to what others say about her. We are probably none of us as articulate as Joni is and even with her power of language she is often misunderstood so it goes without saying really that mortals lesser than she in the words department don't get it right and can equally be misunderstood. I count myself among that number. I've been on the list here a number of years now. not many but a few and have often found my comments ignored. i have as a result tried to disengage from the joni community because of this democratic (for want of better words) lack but whenever i have tried to it hasn't worked ! reading these comments has stirred this complaint in me. surely like joni, whom we all love, each of us on her list is of value and our opinions, like hers, are of value. They are only opinions after all and are simply contributions to a discussion list. Sad if a joni discussion list is a closed book to a few adoring people who rub each others backs constantly and dislike the slightest whiff.... or touch of a stranger ! even if it sets up a trembling in your bones.... My sisters met Joni in person in Stokholm when she was touring europe. She talked with my older sister about her life...my sister's life that is and invited her to get in the limo and go for dinner ! For every awful story we hear about her there are ten to obliterate the nasty ones. In my book joni mitchell has a heart of pure gold. she is everything she sings about. She has been a friend and a witness throughout our lives and has served the planet well. Whatever anybody says we could all of us take a leaf out of her book. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #482 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------