I fly back day-after-tomorrow @ 5:00 AM. OF COURSE I WON'T FORGET YOU ALL!
Love, Dalton From: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:13:36 -0500 To: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>, Patricia Cooley <patticoole...@gmail.com>, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> Cc: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hello > Dalton, when will you be back to the states? You won¹t forget us, will > you? > Janice > > From: Dalton Garis <mailto:malugss...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 1:39 PM > To: Patricia Cooley <mailto:patticoole...@gmail.com> ; 'Akua' > <mailto:a...@artfarm.com> > Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hello > > You know; > > I go from wanting to cry to wanting to laugh in the same moment. I am so > relieved not to have to prepare for those classes anymoreI was associate > professor of economics and commodity price behaviorthe lectures, but mostly > that awful bureaucratic stuffthe accreditation material, reports, the grading > and grade submissions, my annual objectives . . . So many forms to goof up and > be asked to do over. This disease has made filling out any kind of form an > arduous task, because I always lose my way and have to start from the > beginning. They took so long. > > And now the only big form I have to face each year is that "mother of all > forms," the tax form. > > I am looking forward very much to writing and researching. My published book > is "Manna from Heaven: From Divine Speech to Economic Science." it is an > analysis of economic content within the best known divinely revealed books of > God. Now I am writing another one, which is almost ready, that will target > Sunni Muslims with an analysis of the economics of the Divine Qur'an. (I am > not Muslim; I am a Baha'i). I want to start a discussion of these things > among ordinary people of all Faithsbecause the way the economy is going now, > it is not serving the best interests or needs of the majority of peoples in > the world, and I can't imagine that God would leave us in the dark on this > subject. And, what I found is that there is a tremendous amount of economic > content in the divinely revealed Words of God. They haven't been economically > analyzed because economics is only about 100 years old as a formalized > academic discipline. > > Anyway, I am packing now and pretty happy. I am over the sting of being > pushed out, and that quiet but palpable air of dismissiveness from bosses and > some colleagues alike. Suddenly you are like a "dead man walking," and they > don't want to be around you. They look the other way, as if being dismissed > were a contagion they must avoid. You know what I mean. As disabled persons > we encounter it every day on the street, in the check-out line, and the > restroom. > > The staffsecretaries, cleaners, janitorsare different. They come up to you > and ask how you are, and say that they will miss you and are sad to see you > go. I think that if when I die, such persons show up to my funeral, I will > have perhaps not been too bad. Our colleagues and relatives, these must show > up, so it doesn't mean much. But if ordinary workers who don't owe you > anything, if they show up, then you have been not too bad as a person. > > So back to packingand ice cream with almonds, walnuts, fudge sauce. > > Thanks everyone, you mean a lot to me. How could I have gotten along so long > alone over here without your help and friendship?! > > Dalton > > From: Patricia Cooley <patticoole...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:52:32 -0500 > To: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com>, 'Akua' <a...@artfarm.com> > Cc: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: RE: [TMIC] Hello > > It sounds as though you have come to terms with your loss. I wish you all the > luck in the world with your manuscripts. Maybe one day when you are a famous > author, we can say ³we know him he is a friend². Keep our spirits up and good > luck with your upcoming move back to the States. Keep in touch. > > > From: Dalton Garis [mailto:malugss...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:57 PM > To: Akua > Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hello > > YOU ARE ALL SO KIND; > > > > actually, my wife is very happy i will be coming home. says i have been away > too long. and now, with not having to pepare for class every day, i can go > back to writing. i have one book out there, and i almost have a finished > manuscript for another.. > > > > gotta go right now though, miuscle cramps-spasms coming on. will write later. > > > > love, > > > > dalton > > On 10 Jun 2011, at 2:37 AM, Akua wrote: > > > Sorry to read this, Dalton! > > > > >> >> Hi Carol; >> >> >> >> This is Dalton. I just got terminated today. It seems I couldn't overcome >> the pull of TM, and my classroom work-that of which I was most >> proud-suffered. I have three months' notice. Last year they lightened the >> load and I did OK, but they said I worked too little. This year I taught >> three courses, teaching every day, and the pain, fatigue and med-head just >> made every day agony. It showed and the students complained. So, that's >> it. >> >> >> >> Up till now they have been very nice. But they don't keep persons around >> who can't pull the whole load. >> >> >> >> Not the way I wanted to go out. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Dalton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Carol E <snow121...@hotmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 09:43:34 -0500 >> To: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >> Subject: [TMIC] Hello >> Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >> Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 07:44:27 -0700 >> >> >> >> Just testing to see if I am still on the list. I'm not receiving messages. >> >> >> >> >> Carol >> >> Worrying does not empty >> tomorrow of its troubles; >> It empties today of its strengths. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- >
