Je suis tout a fait d'accord.
I miss her already.
Can it be?
Come back, Kakki! Come Back!
Les, can't you make her come back?
Thanks, John, for this beautiful post
Brett
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John
van Tiel
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kakki
Subject: Partir, c'est mourir un peu
Early morning in Holland ... sun rising over the sea.
Seven digests still unread. I start with the first one, thinking "I hope
there won't be too much bickering". Then: Kakki has decided to leave the
list. First thought: this cannot be true, this cannot be true. More posts
... 'Kakki, please return', 'Let's take a deep breath and ...', 'Please be
tolerant'. Kakki's decision brings out the eloquence in many. I think
again:
Kakki? The very person who knows that fine line between eloquence and
loquaciousness, always opting for the first one. The person whose posts
have
always been the nucleus of the list for me personally. One of the persons
for
whom I crossed the Atlantic Ocean a few times (yes, Kakki, just to meet you
(again)) ... the one with whom I sang "Here, There and Everywhere" to the
sounds of crickets and chiggers gnawing at her legs late at night on
Ashara's
porch ... the woman with the intelligent eyes that light up with laughter
and
happiness every 3.4 seconds ... never without a Martini glass in her hand,
but
never drinking too much either (see, that's another thing you still need to
teach me) ... the woman I admire for her guts and her energy ... who DOES
look
cool when she smokes (BTW, I will not respond to any comments on this remark
;-) ) ... Kakki, who sends me pictures and music that I treasure ... the
woman
who epitomizes the Irish spirit I love so much ... the one who & whom etc.
etc. etc.
Kakki, you simply canNOT leave this list. Listen to your Dutch Uncle: you
simply canNOT leave this list !
And then Ashara: "move over Kakki...". Ashara ... please?!
What IS going on here ??? Geez.
I have been on this list almost from the very start. So have Kakki and
Ashara.
I lurk ('stand in the wings'), they don't. I share off-list. They share
off-list AND on-list. Perhaps I have a right to speak for the long-term
lurkers: The JMDL is so great because you and Ashara and Marcel and Bob and
Paz and Hell and Patrick and Catherine (plural) and Jerry and Harper-Lou and
Colin and Penny and Vince and Leslie and Mark and Jim and Steve and
Mary-Grace
and Wally and Kate and Mags and Brett and Alison and Jan and Lory and Marian
and Ric and Robert and Paul and Heather and Victor and Garret and Lahm and
Randy and Rose and Steve and Barbara and many many many others do not lurk.
You share. You have the guts to share in a public forum. Believe me, it
takes guts. Ask the average lurker (off-list).
Kakki, "Lazarus" is the Dutch word for stone drunk. I'd rather you do the
biblical bit. Have a Martini and rise.
>>From the coast of Holland,
John
NP. Mathilde Santing: Here, There and Everywhere
