Hello everyone of you MOQers Great that this line is still open!
I am well, playing my accordion and working on the sequel of Money and the Art... best wishes to you all > 25 apr. 2020 kl. 21:42 skrev 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 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
