Doug, post your future notices here and not all over the books and writers conferences.

ok, i'll bite: c'mon and visit me at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7059 oh, and leave a message, wouldja?

Been there, done it! It's a fun site.

(thanks, didja leave a message?)

yep, sure did!

was it from the 1st time you visited (the message)? (cuz they only keep for so long)

you mean they spoil, and get all icky and stanky?

yep and then they walk off on their own......

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Channel 36 just left my office. Came by for a coupla hours to interview me about pornography on the Internet, news at 5, 6 and 10 today and/or tomorrow.

good, bad, or indifferent? I probably won't see it being on satelite now and all...

You don't have rabbit ears. They were here a coupla hours and I said a lot. No telling which 30 seconds they'll use.

And... for those of us non-locals (and without television sets!)... What IS your opinion Mr. Walhus??? Enquiring minds want to know! (Dirty minds want to know!)

well porn never did me any good :)

nah, me neither

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it's about time you found the right topic...

Yo, realtybabe, what else can we talk about? Got any hot deals?

We are talking houses here, right?

But of course.

Which means you've run out of space with all those antennas and things of yours, and need new roofs and gardens?

You got it!

�giggling salute to the chief of Fort Electra�

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Yay!!! LoL, I had forgotten this topic still existed. Perfect!

The Merrie Monarch Festival of Modern and Ancient Hula will be televised on the internet on http://www.merriemonarchlive.com/live.html Starting at 7pm HST (midnight CST) tonight they will choose Miss Hawaii Hula, the best single dancer in ancient and modern hula Friday, same times, they will choose the Halau (group from a school) men and women separately - in Hula kahiko (ancient) Saturday night - the best of all and most lovely - same time the modern or Hula awana. If you want to see 5 hours of the best of Hula in the entire world with Halaus from California, TEXAS, and Australia as well as from Hawaii, tune in. It is held in Hilo and the place is hopping!

Ok, I'm not sure if this the right place, but I am so excited I need to write somewhere!!! I had a surprise visit yesterday from a professional violinist friend, and she wants to take away my first string quartet and some other works, and work on them, possibly with a view for performance. My daughter put it on computer a few years ago as a birthday present and that's the nearest I've got to hearing it. I am so excited that my work is being taken seriously, and that someone can help me edit it and iron out the problem passages!!! I've also been invited to play for a Ceilidh (pronounced kaylee = a traditional dance evening) next month - tin whistle and piano - first time ever. Same friend, giving me confidence to step out. Come on guys, rejoice with me and give me courage!!!!!

Excuse me, Ma'am, are you related to the Maggie I used to know? She never mentioned writing music or even being able to play an instrument. I should think that would be the most exalted status for a composer - to have a professional musician wish to work with it with an end of performing it. Let us know how it goes and tell that other Maggie hello. How many of you are there?

Yeah, it's me! As many as you want there to be?? I'm a chameleon! Yes, you did know about the playing - we discussed piano music. I've actually gotta write the stuff (piano part) for the Ceilidh, that should be fun. First practice is in a week, so I gotta get going on it. I may actually play H's (very expensive - like worth �400) descant recorder instead of tin whistle since she converniently left it behind for mum. (the sound will carry better than the tin whistle). Recorder is my first instrument and I taught H. (her first exam was the last in the syllabus - Grade 8, she's now much better than me!) One of the pieces we may try for performance is called 'Noise and misunderstanding' a piano piece for two people who cannot play the piano, and a violinist (who can play violin). One piano player plays the keys, and the other the strings of the piano. (A professional composer who I knew before he died felt it's worth performing.) It's meant to be performed seriously, ideally in evening dress! I wrote it for three schoolfriends but we never did it. I have two or three other string quartets in outline, and a song cycle, but lost impetus as no-one was interested. Now I have to dig it all out. I haven't done anything in years .... Don't get too excited, she may hate it when she starts to play it! (creative juices are certainly getting going again - I have a painting in my mind wanting to get out too, now if only that extended to my thesis .....)

How fascinating. I play the piano, as well, but not with anyone listening.!!! Mine is lovely solid mahogany and I threaten any termite who even looks in its direction!

Mine is being piano sat for people in Africa. it has a very nice tone, and I enjoy playing - for me! i don't perform (or have done so very rarely, last itme was pantomime in Gambia)- hence the courage needed.

Can I ever relate to that. As soon as I think someone might be listening I hit every wrong note there is. I used to shut all the windows when I was a newly-wed in West Virginia. We had rented a house which was furnished - piano and all. With the windows sealed I used to bash out the three movements to Beethoven Sonatas. It made me feel good but was horrific paino playing. After about a month of this careful hiding the sound of my practicing, the neighbor next door knocked on my door and asked if I would please teach her son to play the piano!!!

Yeah, what sounds bad to us (who know) can tend to sound good to those who don't! I am in full empathy. My neighbours in Chatham, Kent thought I was the radio!!!I also play Beethovan sonatas badly. However, I have a daughter who knows the difference and now berates ME about MY timing! I used to have to play for assembly at school from time to time, and I hated it. Talk about fingers and thumbs. I was also church organist for a couple of years in Chatham. I used to go down at 9, little kids in tow, and practice for a couple of hours before the service as I got so nervous. Now I have given all my organ music away to a good home, sold my flute (as I haven't the oomph any more) and concentrate on playing for myself on piano and recorder.

Sounds like you did what you had to and now are doing what you want to. Great! I am so rusty on Piano because stuff if piled all over it. Criminal, but it is not mine. The DVD player is sitting on my paino bench, unattached to anything!

Move it!! *grin*

After I posted that, a voice behind me, reading over my shoulder sed - 'look downstairs at our piano'! Well, I've been and looked and lo and behold it is covered with papers moved from the dining table. I shall go and remove the beam from my own eye! (or bash the house male whichever is easier!)

..and so shall I...*grin*

I have found the most wonderful website... all of you MUST visit. It will earn you good karma points to carry into your next life. Go to http://www.volunteermatch.org and share your spirit with another being in need.

Hey, Gena Thanks! I'm on my way... (Do I even HAVE Karma?!)

Just what I need - more volunteer hours. I spent almost 18 hours a day in one volunteer effort or another. That place is not for me. What I do not do IRL I do here on The Spring - which has taken on more of a real-life aspect as I get to know more and more people other than from their posts. However... it is a great site for those wo need such and have a need to be needed which is yet unfulfilled.

Don't think I want another life. Some times this one hurts too much in ways that are not fixable...like the silent and distant void between people formerly so close as to have no space between them... I do not think I could go through that again.

What's going on at this site?

Wow, slippage!

Just temporary - I heard from #1 son - going travellin' to see the world and my future (if I am guessing correctly) daughter-in-law. They both have computers, so I will not be out of touch...*grinning happily* (But the last comment still goes and I wish someone would go see what is happening in that world...even it if is not a good report for me personally!)

Oh, Btw, check out http://www.intplsrv.net/jcems/californ.htm

I think after the Ride I may find me a neo-natal ward with some babies that need holding...

Oh yeah!! Excellent way to come down and back to reality. Restore your soul while your body heals! Great idea, Gena!

The Ceilidh is tomorrow evening and I'm getting very nervous about performing! Most of the pieces are incrediby fast and I get all fingers and thumbs! I shall enjoy the barn dance part of it though when I'm not playing. Need to find various compositions to hand over for critical evaluation. Scarey, but I would love to hear my work performed.

That has to be the ultimate high for a composer - to hear others perform your creation. Like any other art form. It is never easy to put your heart and soul up for critical pot shots from the jealous and misanthropes in the world, whether it be paintings, writing (poems, novels etc)or music. It is part of the process but it never gets much easier. I heard this from a source who has my highest respect and admiration.

congrats maggie! ....and now a sad tale of woe: Friday as I was gazing in adoration at my cute little 1 yr 2 month old laptop, the hard drive crashed and burned right before my eyes. It took with it many wonderful memories as, being a fogetful grrl, i ahd not done a back up in many moons. And to make the story sadder, the machine is 2 months out of warrenty SO I HAD TO BUY A NEW DRIVE!!! WAAAAAAA-AAAAAAA! I fell better now. Thank you. If any of you are feeling charitable and know the science of drive recovery please email me at work (the only email I can access until I get the new drive up and running) gena.ratcliff@icn.siemens.com have a nice day ;-)

Gee, that's tough Gena. I'd be glad to offer suggestions. What have you done (in detail) so far. As far as recovering the drive, perhaps you could set it up as a secondary drive and read it that way. Do you have a desktop system as well as your laptop? Sometimes you can mount a laptap drive in a desktop as a second drive with the right adapter kit. That way you could pull information off of it. What does the label on the crashed drive say, what brand, what model, etc?

email on its way to you with as much info as i have. thanks terry.

i would like to shamelessly self-promote!! midnightwolf.net is coming along nicely and have uploaded a couple more pages. it's slow going because i have so much i wanna do and only so much time to do it. so stop by and visit, k?

k! Will do, but is it Netscape friendly? Post that url again, Sweetie!

http://www.midnightwolf.net (and i don't know about it being netscape friendly (how do i make it so?). i can't get the pics to come up using my work pc but have no probs at home.

Don't know, but I can't anything but white background box outlines and those nasty little pink and blue "where an image should be" boxes. Sigh. Guess I'm gonna have to look at it with the W3.1 laptop!

My first niece. Isn't she cute :)

She is precious! Congratulation, Ann! What an Auntie she is gonna have!!

I just posted something totally awesome: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/Geo/34.66

hey wolf! tried it, but none of the graphics loaded.

Gena, are you using Netscape, too? They can't see stuff loaded by MS software. Gotta do something about FrontPage. I son't want to use it if it is gonna be invisible to the cognicenti of the Internet *smile*

Did you get NetMeeting going, Marcia? When you do we can do some authoring sessions together and I can sketch out some of my ideas on the whiteboard.

ok, i put all the graphics on my midnightwolf.net directory so you should be able to see the eye candy now! and congratulations ann!!

Good for you, Wolf, Eye Candy, wow!

didja see??? huh, huh, huh *tongue hanging out, tail wagging*

Wolfie, did you put nekid ladies on your website? I thought that was eye candy

Nice mix of colors but no nekkid ladies. Maybe in future updates?

*sigh*