Dear Joan: I think you're right on about that window being thrown open. The book sounds remarkable. I wish you every success in getting it published. Carole H. --- Stan or Joan Snyder <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Carole and others: > It is my firm belief that whenever a door is > slammed shut a window > is thrown open; my entire experience w/ this disease is > based on that > belief. > As each of my social skills fall by the wayside (make up, > vanity, long > hair, voice, storytelling skills, jokes, eating in > public, my girlish > figure), I must seek other outlets for expression & I > believe this to be > the case with most PWP's...thus the need and opportunity > for the book we > are putting together. > The Book, entitled "Voices From The Parking > Lot-Parkinson's Stories" & > dedicated to the one & only Don McKinley, is a wonderful, > powerful, sad, > happy, angry yet above all else a celebration of life > after the > diagnosis of PD. We have over 30 authors whose works have > been included, > many from this list-it contains prose, short stories, > poetry & art-all > by PWP's or the people who love them. We hope to have > further updates on > this work soon, but I wanted to jump on this chance to > put in a plug for > it-as your comments seemed to warrant!! Coming Soon...so > everyone say a > little prayer for our success. We feel that this will be > a remarkable > tool for Parkinson's Awareness > > > > > > Joan E. Snyder 48/10 > [log in to unmask] > <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm> > "Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us > together." > - Eugene Ionesco > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com