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First let me apologize for being less involved with the list for the last little while....I am adjusting to my change in status from being fully employed to being on 'disability'. It finally became too much to try to continue working full time or even part time. Knowing that John Cottingham is doing a stellar job of looking after the list-business made my 'sabbatical' possible. Thank you, John, and I hope you continue being such a valuable resource to us all. I hardly know what to say about the horrible events of this past week. My eyes have been glued to CNN, CBC, Newsworld, ABC or whichever news channel is on at the moment. I think for one thing that we have over-used the superlatives in the English language. 'Horror, evil, disgust, treachery, hatred, murder' somehow all seem too mild to describe what happened. 'Heroism, courage, generosity, devotion' somehow seem too mild to describe the responses to this tragedy. I watched Rev. Billy Graham stumble up the steps to the pulpit and then heard his powerful words. First my tears were for what Parkinson's has done to this wonderful person; his words showed me that his mind and his heart and his soul have not been touched by pd. In the first few hours after the tragedy, there were messages of sympathy to our US members from Canada, South Africa, Hungary, Australia, etc. You are an amazing group. I have an American flag in my window. That says a lot from a descendent of a United Empire Loyalist. I'm sure he would understand. God bless us all. Barb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn