Les, I have to chime in here. I have hardly been reading my JMDL mail for the past 2 months. What I feel we have lost here is our *community*, which I have highly valued. Yes, I think we have something very special here. In the past, this has been a place of caring, and of people who, through a love of the same music, bonded in a caring and insightful way, and topics would come and go as they would in a party or a morning coffee hour. I think one of the reasons we have lost the community feeling is that we seem to be stuck on one topic, and it seems to be a very heated one. I fear if we continue to discuss one topic only, it will become tedious and one by one, our community will become unraveled, one person at a time. I believe we all take on the energy of what is happening in the world. I believe the JMDL microcosm is a mirror of all that we see falling apart around us. I don't want to see this list moderated, but if we all took responsibility to move on and *become* the peace and bright light that we would like to see in the world, we can ALL make a difference here. Anyone game for bringing the energy of *community* back to the JMDL?
Hugs, Ashara
