Hi Margaret! Good to hear from you again! I agree it is great to see some activity here again. And I am glad you are familiar with this area of Florida. And Miles Davis too.
Thanks for writing, Dan On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:19 AM Margaret Warren <m...@zeroexp.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I never contributed in depth to this list, but was more active circa > 2003-2006 ish, but I was happy to see a post from this group this week, > so best wishes to all here in these unique times. > > I spend a lot of bird watching time too, at the moment in Florida; > though last year I was able to spend a year in the SF/Bay area. > > But I love that area of Florida! I am just a bit further > Northwest/West. Agreed about Miles Davis. > > I am glad to see some activity in this group. Some people I think may > have long ago confused me with another woman - I believe named Marsha, > who used to write here alot.. But I am not Marsha :-) > > Best, > > Margaret Warren > > > > On 4/26/2020 3:50 PM, Dan Glover wrote: > > Hi Adrie! > > > > Yes, long time. Cormorants we have in abundance too. You can always spot > > them perched ominously on a branch with wings displayed menacingly. When > I > > first saw them standing like that, I thought they must be angry with me > > over some perceived slight. Of course, all they are really doing is > drying > > their feathers since they lack the oil producing glands of other > waterfowl > > like ducks and such. > > > > One blue heron frequents the canal here during the winter. You see > him/her > > coming down out of the sky like a falling mountain. It then stands for > > hours on end staring intently at the water. The intensity of its glare is > > rather startling, eyes never blinking. Then, all of a sudden, you hear a > > splash and it comes rising up with a fish wriggling in its beak. I am > sure > > if I had koi, they would be long gone by now. > > > > The otters here live mainly out on the rivers and swamps where vast mats > of > > water hyacinths grow along the banks. Manatees also enjoy munching on the > > hyacinths as well. Last spring, a mamma manatee and her calf visited my > > canal for a couple days. You see them mostly out on the rivers, though. > > Same with the blue herons. Lots of them out in the swamps, along with > > egrets and ospreys and eagles. I've noticed peregrine falcons as well. > You > > can always tell them by their high-pitched screech. > > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:34 AM Adrie Kintziger <parser...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hello , Dan, long time no see.. > >> The blue herons along with the white are a real pest here.Two years ago > a > >> blu heron was able to > >> steal most of my koi-he only left one in the pond.That one is still > there > >> now, with some goldfish.I had > >> to cover the whole pond with nets on a permanent base.Another pest here > is > >> the great cormorant which > >> is a special guest at the canal here.They own it!. > >> Few days ago the first otter was spotted in Zelzate in 50 years or > so,..in > >> the yacht harbour. > >> > >> Adrie > >> > >> Op za 25 apr. 2020 om 21:42 schreef Dan Glover <daneglo...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>> Hello old friends, > >>> > >>> A couple years ago I sold everything, gave away what I couldn't sell, > and > >>> moved from Chicago to Florida. I bought a shack perched precariously > >> close > >>> to a canal in the swamps just outside Satsuma where I spend my days > >> sitting > >>> in the sunshine reading and taking photos of gators, otters, and blue > >>> herons. I was delighted the other day to see a reference to Zen and the > >> Art > >>> of Motorcycle Maintenance in Quichotte (pronounced Key-Shot) by Salman > >>> Rushdie but then again Rushdie seems to read everything. > >>> > >>> I am no longer writing as much as I did up north. I think part of that > >> has > >>> to do with how it is sunny and warm and pleasant here even in December > >> and > >>> January and February whereas in Chicago the weather was intent on > killing > >>> me six months out of the year. I also like to think what I do write now > >> has > >>> more quality than the torrent of words I once produced though in that I > >> am > >>> most likely fooling myself. > >>> > >>> I am also exercising quite a lot these days: walking, biking, running, > >>> swimming. I daily take a chug from the fountain of youth and dammit if > it > >>> doesn't seem to be working. Listening to lots of music both new and > old, > >>> catch myself cranking up the volume. Miles Davis seems particularly > >> apropos > >>> to these long and sunny Florida afternoons. > >>> > >>> Life is good. > >>> > >>> Dan > >>> > >>> A rip tide is raging > >>> And the life guard is away > >>> But the ocean doesn't want me today > >>> The ocean doesn't want me today > >>> (Tom Waits) > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM Adrie Kintziger <parser...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Matt , and Krimel,and probably more of the usual suspects.. ,in the > >>>> run-up to my retirement and my daughter buying a house that i had to > do > >>> up > >>>> myself (3 yrs work), > >>>> i halted my postings to the list.After some time it went > >> silent.Probably > >>> i > >>>> was peeled out of the onion. Since then, i never checked anymore, nor > >>> did i > >>>> hear anything. > >>>> So you are the first ,Matt. > >>>> I still read many books.I fish extensively.Still riding my bicycle > >> daily, > >>>> do about 12000 miles a year.I have the bulk of time now. > >>>> But its difficult to ride my normal tracks under lockdown and with the > >>>> Dutch borders closed up-normally i always ride in the Netherlands, but > >>> have > >>>> to stay in Belgium nowadays. > >>>> We cannot fish in the canal under the lockdown,and they are patrolling > >>> the > >>>> little forest we have there , so the only thing we can do for now is > >>>> cleaning , pruning the trees and > >>>> just sit over there , on some distance from each other. Its our > >> personal > >>>> tranquility base , so we have to guard it. > >>>> > >>>> I do not know where you live Matt, and Krimel,i hope its a location > >> that > >>>> allows you to weather this viral storms ... > >>>> Missed you all, Krimel included. > >>>> Adrie > >>>> > >>>> Op za 25 apr. 2020 om 19:36 schreef Scribe <scr...@club-hub.com>: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Matt, > >>>>> Good to hear from you. I too have reflected on the old day on the > >> MoQ. > >>> In > >>>>> my > >>>>> memory they take shape as Good old days in a way few reflection on > >> the > >>>> past > >>>>> do these days. > >>>>> I left the MoQ after Horse and Ant threaten to reveal my true name, > >>>> which I > >>>>> thought was a betrayal of trust. I went to graduate school in > >>>> communication > >>>>> but dropped out after a six years as an ABD with a master's, mostly > >>>> because > >>>>> I got a full time teaching gig. I mostly taught Psychology but also > >>>> classes > >>>>> in Communication and Philosophy. I retired last year and spent couple > >>> of > >>>>> months in Europe riding trains with my wife. We had similar plans > >> this > >>>> year > >>>>> but they have been delayed... > >>>>> There is a serious irony for me with respect to the MoQ. When I > >> entered > >>>>> graduate school, I was averaging four or five page of writing a day > >> for > >>>> the > >>>>> community. Graduate school gave me writer's block. It was too > >> focused, > >>>> too > >>>>> controlled, it had to be done. Don't get me wrong I wrote a lot for > >>>>> graduate > >>>>> school but it was not for fun and other than being an asshole on > >>>> Facebook I > >>>>> don't do it much these days. > >>>>> Anyway, love me or hate me I miss all of you, well most of you, > >>> fiercely. > >>>>> Krimel > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Moq_Discuss <moq_discuss-boun...@lists.moqtalk.org> On Behalf > >> Of > >>>>> Matt > >>>>> Kundert > >>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 11:41 AM > >>>>> To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org > >>>>> Subject: [MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Everyone, > >>>>> > >>>>> It's been three years since I've checked this email and five since I > >>>> wrote > >>>>> to the listserve. I was just talking to a friend, outside, 8 feet > >>> away, > >>>> on > >>>>> a fold-out chair I brought with me, and she brought up ZMM. We > >>> chatted a > >>>>> little while about it, and am going to give her one of the many > >> copies > >>> I > >>>>> still have squirreled away. I haven't read it since I taught it in > >>> 2014, > >>>>> but I still think it is one of the most remarkably structured books. > >>>> I've > >>>>> been teaching "close reading" for over 10 years now, and its > >>>> responsiveness > >>>>> is a sign of its enduring quality of thought and feeling. > >>>>> > >>>>> But that's just, maybe, the required nostalgic overture. The real > >>>>> nostalgia > >>>>> I wanted to toss into this still pool was a Hello to any of my old > >>>> friends > >>>>> and interlocutors who still receive these emails. I still feel that > >> my > >>>>> participation many years ago was integral to my intellectual and > >>>> stylistic > >>>>> growth. > >>>>> > >>>>> I hope everyone is well. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best, > >>>>> > >>>>> Matt > >>>>> Former Apostate > >>>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >>>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >>>>> Archives: > >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >>>>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > >>>>> > >>>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >>>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >>>>> Archives: > >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >>>>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> parser > >>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >>>> Archives: > >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >>>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.danglover.com > >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >>> Archives: > >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> parser > >> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >> Archives: > >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > >> > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > -- http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html