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Midnight update on Nov. 27/28th. First of alll, thank youo everyone for talking about the disaster of $9.00 for the ENTIRE night. This issue needs to be aired. Joao's comments were so beautiful -thank you and Boas Festes (is that it in Portuguese?) Earlier I wrote about the contributions for the local Portland (Maine) PD support group that had been sent to me. But I was overtired. It came out so garbled at the end that I am rewriting it for clarification. A friend's cousin, Josephine, who was a PWP, just passed away at Maine Medical Center in October.. Jo had just started on some new medication, just a few days before she died.. Jo died suddenly, after being taken to the hospital, complaining of not feeling right.. Her struggle with PD was long.. She was 73/25. It was not Tasmar, so don't panic folks, it was a non-PD medication. In Jo's death notice in the local newspaper, her family chose my name and address to be published, as a person to send checks to, for the PD support group, and in honor of Jo, instead of flowers. I didn't really get to know Jo's sister Millie, and her husband Rupert, 'til after Jo had passed. Death made us friends. So I got all bundled up and drove the envelopes that had arrived at my address to Millie, so that these memorial contibutions could be acknowleged by Millie. They are then sent on to the PD support group, to pay the church where space is rented for our montly meetings, and to pay for our postage and mailings. The sky was so beautiful when I was out driving around, that I wanted to share all that with you folks. Looking at the end of the last post, I was so tired when I wrote it that it needed this rewritten version to make sense in the last two paragraphs. The CG showed up later and he was not drinking so I am now OK tonight folks. But the overall picture is still day-to-day. I barely have time for anything when I am constantly scheduling and changing linens in the CG room. Seems like I'm almost the concierge at a bed and breakfast. At least the pumpkin muffins around here are delicious. Home made pumpkin pie with maple syrup, lemon juice, a bit of canola oil, soy milk and spices. I like allspice and cinnamon. The pie comes out not too heavy or to sweet. I mash the pumpkin with a potato masher so you can enjoy the texture of the pumpkin as you eat it. The woodstove is going again with the willow wood from the ice storm last winter, because the CG is a woodstove lover, so my legs and feet have stopped aching constantly. ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 43 deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:11:01 -0500 Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> writes: >^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 48/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 42 deg. F :-) >******************************************************************** >Overnight CG already 30 min late. Showed up last Sat. with OPEN beer >bottle in hand after driving. >Wanted to get rid of him but found noone else despite endless search. >What else can I do? At $9.00 for ENTIRE night, third-world wages >victimize me and all the disabled needing help... (SNIPPED) "to deliver contributions to my local support group that were mailed to me to her >sister. Beautiful lemon-colored sky with purple clouds." > >IVAN