Hi Jeremy, Sorry to hear about your friend & I hope being with close ones during this period has helped in some way...
>it helps me to see that we are sharing like this... I agree, perhaps a bit of vulnerability is a healthy thing in contrast to the trad-posturing for a change :-) A happy new year to you as well. marc > have grown shy as to lists but .. > > it helps me to see that we are sharing like this....as it saddens me to > see shared pain and distress like this > > my holidays were also quiet and with a small group of friends and family > > a dear friend passed away right after christmas suddenly ...some of my > relatives are out of jobs and my father who recently retired has lost half > of his retirement in the economic collapse.... > > I can only graze the news now as it is too painful for me to go in depth > much of the time...and this goes against my core ...... > > The thought of a new president at least brings some hope but the morass he > inherits is mind boggling and this will put unbelievable pressure on.... > > well...at least gas is cheaper...... > > and this sharing of voices helps too...at least for me..... > > for what it is worth...happy new year to all > > Jeremy > > > >> At least in this Brooklyn end of the woods, it's been a depressing holiday >> season. The transforations that Bush made, he also rode - they're infra- >> strutural, and not likely to be resolved by any presidency. Case in point >> - "clean" coal, the TVA, recent catastrophe. The USuses 25% the world's >> energy - this isn't going to change under any presidency - and this comes >> from coal. To build a new power grid would cost billions and we're in >> debt. West Virginia as you know is being destroyed - as of a year ago, the >> last I have stats for - something like 423 mountains were mountain-topped, >> destroying an ecology that's second to the tropics in diversity, and of >> course destroying small towns and homesteads as well. If you look at poli- >> tics, it's the same mess - the holocaust in the mideast isn't likely to >> resolve for decades, if at all. Etc. etc. There doesn't seem to be any >> place for national or geopolitical joy; even on a personal level, so many >> people are suffering for lack of health care - our next door neighbor >> probably has severe prostrate cancer and has no insurance - he's found a >> hospital to test him, but they put off the tests for months, not untyp- >> ical here, and now his blood pressure is through the roof. He's an artist >> just about 60. I'm lucky with medicate and my father paying the supple- >> mental - I couldn't survive without that. So the world appears, not better >> or worse, but grey. The one bright spot is that Obama seems to be able to >> both listen and speak coherently - we're not likelly to have a cabal >> running things without input from the rest of us. >> >> So we had as most people did we know, a very quiet holiday season with >> good friends and we're thankful for that. And Azure years ago found a >> forlorn dying Christmas tree in a pot at a store here - which has since >> blossomed, even indoors, into a beautiful pine. So we're helping keep >> something alive, and that is a real gift. And our cat is healthy... >> >> Take care, Alan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
