On Sep 12, 2010, at 12:45 PM, John Carl wrote: > A story Marsha? > > Sure. I like Dave and the Ronettes, just fine, but I'll tell you a story > about Limbo.
I like Dave and Ron too. > > Limbo is a place. As a place, the best description I have for it is "not > this, not that". I'm not real familiar with Catholic theology, but as I > understand it, Limbo describes where pagans . and unchristened babies go > after they die. Sounds like my kind of people, actually. I think good > Catholics are supposed to pray their loved ones out of limbo and into > heaven. But I always wondered why. Limbo sounds like the middle way to me. > > When I say I'm living in Limbo, I mean my property, my home of 18 years, my > old miner's cabin which dangles over the diggins behind the house, and > fronts onto HWY 49. If I stand in my front yard I can hear Harleys and Semi > Trucks going by. If I stand in the back I'm bordering on BLM land, > thousands of acres of it, below the level of an 80 foot cliff that shunts > sounds over my head and leaves me in peace. I live on the knife edge of > ambiguity. This can be maddening, or frustrating or quite liberating, > depending on how you wanna look at it. A couple of events have conspired to > bring the knife edge of ambiguity to a razor sharp hone. > > First, on Sept. 2nd, Lu was issued a ticket by Nevada County to appear in > court on criminal charges. These charges concern the condition of our > property and septic disposal. > > At the same time, JP Morgan Chase has somehow "lost" our modification > documents, which they say gives them the power to renegotiate our mortgage > modification. I hear stories all the time about such antics. How the > government gives money to banks to make up their losses and foolishness. > How the banks take the money, and keep the property, in the hopes of milking > more money out of these "financial instruments". Good luck with that. > Sooner or later, something real needs to happen. > > Yesterday a shelf, burdened with books fell down and I had to pick up the > books. I found one I didn't even know I had, it was from so long ago - a > thin brown book of poetry by Gary Snyder - > > "Some critic tried to put me down-- > 'your poems lack the Basic Truth of Tao' > And I recall the old-timers > Who were poor and didn't care. > I have to laugh at him, > He misses the point entirely, > Men like that > Ought to stick to making money." > > Between the bank and the county, who both stick my home in Limbo, I find the > perfect stand. To the county I say, "Hey, it's not even certain that it's > my property. Go find JP Morgan/Chase and ask him to cut the grass, get rid > of the unregistered vehicles and ancient school bus moldering in apple > orchard." To JP Morgan Chase I say, "hey, why should I sign your > modification agreement when the property isn't even livable? The county has > red-tagged it and here is the supporting documentation to prove what I > say". All threats cancel each other out and just thrusts me deeper into > limbo. > > Pray for me, then. Not to leave limbo for heaven, but to turn Limbo into > heaven, without interference from demons. > > John Guess the Witches of Eastwick clip didn't make you laugh... So many people are suffering. Honestly, I don't see how one can ever achieve a lasting peace while there is one person still suffering. The American dream is coming undone for so many in the U.S.of A. What to do? What to do? I don't know what to do, but you are a good guy so don't let it get you down. Marsha ___ 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
