Hi Cindy. Welcome!
I haven't read the other responses to you yet, so please excuse any repetition :-) Yes, we've been talking about a lot of different things, which is pretty normal. Sometimes we'll have several Joni threads going, and sometimes we talk about other things. (If you find this overwhelming, you can always go the "Joni-only" route (and miss out on all the emails with NJC (no Joni content) in the subject line. A lot of us know each other and some of us have met in person. There have been gathering in several locations, with the "JoniFests" in the U.S. northeast (New England until this coming year) and New Orleans. As anyone who has been to one will tell you, JoniFests are fantastic!!! We also trade Joni music - tapes of early concerts, for example. Plus Bob Muller is the king of covers, with 27 (or is it 28? now) volumes of Joni songs covered by other artists. It sounds like you and I are pretty much the same age and discovered Joni at about the same time. Yes, Joni has always talked in her songs about what was next in life. And yet, her songs have always been relevant to my life at the moment, too. Oh, there are some 'threads' and questions that we've done a bunch. so pay no mind to the collective groan when we get into those topics. The "what does SIQUOMB (she is queen of mind beauty - but you knew that) stand for" question always elicits a moan, that and "what does NP (now playing) or NPIMH (now playing in my head) stand for." Plus there's the Dog Eat Dog debate that rages unresolved. A few of us really like DED, but the majority seem to look askance at it. (I guess you can tell where I stand...) There are somewhere around 800 members of the list worldwide. But a lot of people are "lurkers" (isn't it time to revive the "what do we call people who read posts, but don't post" thread. "Lurker" just sounds rather menacing. And, yes, that was a groan you heard from about 800 people :-) Well, I guess I've rambled enough. So, welcome to the list Cindy! lots of love Anne
