hi ken you wrote: >Janet, that was quite an experience, >I almost felt like I was going through the >off period with you, it was so detailed. >You always give so much to the list, >but that was so "real" it was scary. >I am not a PWP, but for the time I felt as if I was. >I already knew the generalities of being off, but you made it very specific. >Have you done any acting or directing? If not...you should! >It was almost like being hypnotized. Thank you. hmmm... i guess i can't really look at my writing objectively, or something my reaction to your reaction is sort of 'huh?' my friend really wanted to know what 'off' means to me, how it feels, what i go through, so that she could understand so i just took advantage of being 'off' at the time and wrote it all down as it happened but what's normal or ordinary for me obviously isn't going to be normal or ordinary for you even though i frequently catch myself assuming so in both directions i guess that's why 'sharing' is so important [this from someone who thought the term 'sharing' in re sharing feelings was the most cornball expression she'd ever heard!] first you tell me that reading it was scary and like being hypnotized and then you tell me thank you wow no, i've never acted or directed if i have been blessed with a 'gift' i'm convinced that it lies deep in the written word i am constantly aware of and amazed at the miracle that this medium is to paraphrase a fellow canadian the miracle is the message your cyber-sibling writing through cyber-space janet