did you also join maldives 360? i sent you an invite there too...

oh - take a look at my page and see who's here. and mldives 360 whhen you get there.

that didn't take long, did it?

say hi twain

i'm up to my eyeballs in writing with a deadline...

you've been busy :)

rotflmao

i agree. i've basically only answered your messages today. i'm jammed. been doing real stuff :)

it's very addictive.

have a good time. my connection is screwed. i've been fighting with comcast for days.

i just found out the same thing is happening in pittsburgh. so it's all over. and comcast is trying to blame me. ha.

is it november? i keep trying to think it's september!!!

i remember being in frisco, breck, silverthorn when the temps were negative! and the white-outs - geeez. the passes closed, the ice...

better you than me, although i don't have a beard to freeze!

right now it's a balmy 36.

at least in co it's pretty dry. with the humidity here you feel every degree, warm or cold.. august is particularly wicked. every july i keep tellin myself i'm going to co for all of august! somehow i never make it then...

one of the strange things i noticed between dry and humid - silver tarnishes much more in humidity.

have a good bike ride. i have to finish a brief then stuff to do around here. i fired the maid :)

did i introduce you to andy? a friend of mine i invited here and the other place...

if not, meet andy: http://www.globalsensemaking.net/profile/AndrewBurnette

do you watch maddow? redford was on last night. he was talking about the latest bush disaster. on election day, when everyone's attention was on the election - he got the bureau of land management to ok drilling, coal mining etc in utah - near and surrounding national parks (arches for one) and protected lands. not even the parks dept knew about this. he did an end run around them. the public comment time is almost over. time to call the congress critters and let them know.

i called the congress critters earlier this week. i added - and prevent w from doing any more damage in the next fifty something days.

he did something else this week and i can't think of it at the moment.

where i live, we have a township dictator, er manager. i totally understand.

Thanks for the support, Geoff! Glad to be reminded about this space, also. I need to make better use of it. Hope the cats are fat and happy.

I am a big fan of Green Cities Coalition and plan to chat with Steve Saint soon about how I can best aid that effort. Hopefully I can attend the big transportation pow wow. Look forward to it.

Hi normal guy. Normal woman here. Just joined. Dialogue is a passion for me, so here I be.

sure . love to be friends . even if i am allergic to cats . looking forward to unearthing those commonalities, and the differences are always, almost always :) fun too

finally getting back to you on this! didn't want a hurried reply to go out on this one . i'd given up on "religion" too, but some now very precious spiritual practices found me anyway :) literally, i wasn't looking . once i saw that the Anishinaabe lifeways and spiritual practices, if you will, were working beautifully with me, every other sacred walk became precious: i was already sometimes meditating with and regularly working with quakers, and now going to my mom's lutheran church with her, or the khmer buddhist temple with my godfamily, or to sufi dance or meditation at the tai chi center, whatever it is, it all seems precious . this does not include violent extremists or those who believe that their way is the only way i can love them but would probably not choose to practice with them . that's a lot of words . i'm a peacemaker too, but don't take on blame or someone else's stuff if i can help it . i sure do find i learn a lot from "enemies" and blamers though, although i wouldn't call it fun! to be continued . i'm very sleepy . nitey nite

here here! :)

"i'm more into finding rhythms in nature (not exactly animism - but i do believe in sacred places and abstract energies that transcend the concrete world"

yes and that's why anishinabe ceremony and lifeways work well for me . and since i've seen abstract energies in sacred ceremonies and everyday life i'm a believer too . i can be sort of from missouri sometimes and so the actual experience helps!

here i go off to world save . my inboxes are scanned . me

i'm baaaack . scary, huh? . nope, my mom never warned me about folks like you :) . so, lynn-without truly is saving some of the world... someone better! . i've been off saving one friend with post-surgical complications among other things . so we'll see if i alienate the geeks of the world with my writerly stuff . you are very well-expressed yourself you know . beware!

ah ha . no computer time . that was me last week . i sort of miss my dogooder days and as i job search if it takes me back in that direction that would be ok . i sort of went from whole neighborhoods to one family, my godfamily/large extended Khmer family, when it comes to helping others out . and my friends and aging Mom and others who cross my path of course . mostly the last 10 years it's been a life of simplifying in all areas of my life and healing from multiple chemical poisonings in the hoods . kept paid work simple too . now i'm ready to jump back into the fray in some way . that's my main task for the day, online searching, plus i tutor tonite . to be continued . i'm enjoying getting to know you and lynn as we chat . have hesitated adding others as they comment, i guess mostly to protect my time as i job search . we'll see . want to do some reading of others postings on the site tomorrow now that my friend's healing from her surgery . i love co by the way, isn't that where you are? . took a few weeks exploring there after i left the hoods, sort of circled from Denver down as far as Trinidad, over to Durango area, back up by Grand Junction and into Crested Butte, Gunnison, Salida etc . even thought about moving there . better get back to work . to be continued

ah, yes, i remember . co springs . i started thereabouts after arriving at denver airport . rented a car there and just followed my intuition . ended up at frontiers rest in manitou springs to begin with . the innkeeper and i had a lot in common eg age, single moms, some interests, and we went to a chuckwagon together which was great fun . later dude :)

lol . just reread this while taking a break from the job search . i coordinated political campaigns for three years while living in du page co in the early-mid 70s, from mc govern to local elections and caucuses . i got my dirver's license without having to drive to speak of because mr machine figured out my politics right away . we had daly transplants in du page too . ha ha the olden days . progressive or independent fits me better too

and a great weekend to you! . i am going to the botanical gardens and to see an exhibit they have there as well; also have a sweat lodge . usually spend sat eves with my mom (84 yrs old widow) . and if it's hot i may go swimming in the trout stream pond again :)

wow . time has flown by . how is life with you?

Arghhhh. How are you doing? Here's at least some perspective. Last week one of my friends (husband of couple who both play) was killed in a biking accident in CO. So, I'm glad you're still on the planet with us! Going to the service on Friday; there were services in CO last week. Stanley was from Grand Junction area and was there when he died. This and Ted Kennedy too. Makes for sobering thoughts. The first leaves are turning and the birds gathering hereabouts. And I have a second grandbaby due in 3 wks. Life is precious.

Oh, and the summer. Due to budget constraints as I job search, I've stayed local more than usual. Try to swim in clean water at least once a week (20 min either W or E to get to it; Madison's lakes, not so clean); just went to one with daughter Nary, her daughter Korinah and partner Luther, and two of my many godkids yesterday. Saw the new godson in utero pix; due soon. We rebuilt the sweat lodge Monday. Started a Gnostic Practices class. Picked up tutoring, writing work etc to pay for the basics. It was a low-key pleasant season. The veggies from our sustainable ag organic share were plentiful and as usual I read stacks of books. A highlight was a rare long visit from daughter Michelle who is a prison educator in Santa Fe; we went up north to a B&B together, among other things. I'm planning a fall trip to that B&B with a friend/adopted sister and a developmentally disabled woman she cares for, an experiment to see how Sal tolerates trips. How was your summer? Lynne

oh sorry about the jargon . play as in tai chi players