Ah, it warms my heart to know that our cyber-sybling is cacooned in the
warmth of her family's arms.  Happy new YearS, my dear, and know we all are
smiling.

One of your cyber-sibs
Elizabeth
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-----Original Message-----
From: PEwaschuk <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 30. prosince 1997 19:18
Subject: it lives, it breathes, it writes


>happy holidays cyber-siblings
>
>i tap at you from the heights of almonte, ontario, canada
>soon [as of jan 1st] to be known as mississippi mills. ontario, canada
>[i'll bet you suthern americans
>had no idea the great mississipp wandered this way]
>
>my transatlantic move has [finally] taken place
>apparently satisfactorily
>five suitcases and four cat carriers landed at the ottawa airport
>with some trauma but no permanent damage
>
>the balance of my 'stuff' accumulated during 16 years in bermuda
>has survived the sea voyage to montreal
>and is wending its containerized way
>to me now, even as i tap
>
>i'm waiting for culture shock to set in
>but haven't seen any hint of it yet
>[but i am looking at
>the land of my birth and first 36 years of life
>with fresh eyes]
>
>this northern landscape is beautiful in its own way
>the view from my window is no longer a pastel vision
>a monochromatic grey/white/black line drawing
>which has its own unique appeal
>
>i've been busy getting re-aquainted with my sister and her daughter
>[i have only seen my niece a few times during the past ten years]
>we've been having fun, putting up christmas lights
>running errands, cooking some good meals,
>getting generally goofy,
>in essence,
>absorbing 'family'
>in an in-your-face three-dee manner
>which up to now has been quite limited to this [now ex-] hermit
>
>during the past two years,
>'you lot' have been my main source of 'family atmosphere'
>and now i find myself telling stories about you to this 'new' family
>[i hope your collective ears have been burning!]
>
>even though we haven't met in three-dee
>you are all just as real as could be to me
>
>and now i get to share the laughter and the tears from 'the list'
>with another 'layer' of dear family members
>it adds a sweetness and depth
>that i didn't expect
>
>i haven't written up to now
>since whatever 'routine' i had
>has gone out the window into the snow
>and i have also been struggling with learning aol's quirks [!]
>using my sister's compaq
>
>i feel like the other half of my brain
>is in that container packed in a box labelled 'computer'
>is that a bad sign?
>of computer/internet addiction?
>or simply a sign of these amazing times?
>
>my best wishes to all of you and yours
>from all of me and mine
>
>janet
>