Like Mary Louise, I'll be thinking wistfully of all of you this weekend, knowing that every Inkshed conference is a unique experience. I'll be on my way to Columbus for some Ph.D. defenses.... all best wishes, andrea At 01:46 PM 5/7/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings all those heading off soon to the hinterlands of alberta for >the latest Inkshed conference. I do SO wish i were joining you, but >this will be the first year in ages that i haven't been there (it's a >long story what i'll be doing instead). Anyway, I have the following >piece of advice: if Doug and Company have set up some horseback riding >for some R and R (like the whole conference won't be that, but anyway), >watch out for a horse called CircleButt--he's a mean one and will take >off without warning to try to get to the head of the line. And if you, >like me, think that yelling "SHIT" at the top of your lungs to get him >to stop works--it doesn't. Just hope you've got a real cowboy there to >rescue you (yes, i know that this is sexist). And using a picnic table >to get on and off the horse is also a good idea, unless someone is there >with a camera to witness your ineptness. >Happy Trails everyone! mary-louise > >Marcy Bauman wrote: > > > > Hallooooo, Inkshedders! > > > > I, like many of you, am caught in the throes of last-minute preparation for > > Inkshed. No, that *doesn't* mean I'm sweating over my paper (there are > > plenty more last minutes for *that*) -- I'm sweating over [a] what I might > > do on talent nite and [b] -- this is the part you can help me with -- > > rounding up a suitable novel to read on the plane. > > > > I'm looking for something set in Alberta. That's really the only > > requirement, although I should note that I'm not big on romances or > > mysteries . . . (or westerns, either, but given the venue I might have to > > compromise, I guess . . . ) > > > > Thanks for any help you can give, and see you Saturday! > > > > Marcy > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Marcy Bauman > > Media Consultant > > College of Pharmacy > > University of Michigan > > 734-647-2227 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > > the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, >the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-