Marc, Thank you so much for this. Yes, it has definitely helped.
This thread feels like all of us with our respective hats off and just talking in these times. I have been helping others as much as I can the last few months to be there for each other. It is some comfort amongst all of this uncertainty and chaos. A few friends have also lost jobs and a student of mine was homeless for a while mid semester. Have kept in contact with her to give her support. happy new year to you too. and a wave to everyone on this list wherever you are tonight/today. best, Jeremy > 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 >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
