Hello All, Once again I vanished from this message board, and I have no other excuse save exhaustion and stress prior to and throughout the holidays while having to take care of my 15 year old autistic son 12 hours daily as his long-term foster mother seemed to be verging on a nervous breakdown. Her...

C2 ~ thanks for reminding me that Leonard is most likely in possession of a sizeable sense of humor :wink: Why do I always forget this invaluable aspect of our human-ness? Does anyone here happen to have an mp3 recording of his laughter? You know, I've never heard Leonard laugh, and I think I would ...

Oh C2, I just saw your reply in which you stated you'd hadn't directed that example of the effectiveness at swearing at me, and I'm glad for that, but I hope you know you're quite free to blow off steam at me if I ever do or say anything to deserve it, okay?

Thanks,
Hillary

Dear Lizzy, You wrote that you hope I am not offended, and I think you are referring to C2's editing of "don't walk beside me..." which appeared to be, but may not actually have been, directed at me. If that's the case, or if anything else is the object of possible offense, no, don't worry...

Dear Tom, Oh, again a deep-felt thank you. Those words I wrote to C2 just flew from my fingers. Sometimes it's like I'm only a portal for the message to enter through. My Shaman friend Karin shows me the face of Spirit like no other...what I see and feel is so beautiful...and I realize there isn't t...

Ah the British toilet humo(u)r, I understand now :roll: Funny, really. Surely you name toilets better too than we Americans. I'd rather hear "loo" in reference to a bathroom any day than "john" ~ that's for sure. Lizzy, I'm still a little foggy on the tysh/licorice references :) ...

Critic2, while I am pleased to find a new forum member such as myself placed in V.I.P. status, I am saddened by the rancor that has come as a result of this Forum status matter. What comes to me, more than any other thought, is "What would Leonard think of this?" Is this not ultimately His...

Dear Lizzy, My gosh, your mind is extraordinary! I'm serious, that post about liquor-ysh was fantastic! C2, on the other hand, is very good at being cheeky :wink: As for the cigarettes, wow, 1975 ~ I've quit smoking a couple of times, at the beginning of pregnancies, but always when the breastfeedin...

Ban Pogo.com? :cry: That would be like quitting cigarettes ~ which I'm planning to undertake on Monday. Wonders may never cease ~ if I can let the ISM of nicotine leave me perhaps I can abandon my 4,916,000 tokens at pogo.com which I've mindlessly accumulated since September of 2002. Hours I might h...

Oh, how can I ever fully, heartfully reply to such fullness and sweetness and authenticity of heart? I may have to take a nap shortly just to catch my breath, but I promise, promise, promise to return after I fetch Ronan from his bus stop three hours from now! No more empty hours playing mindless ga...

Thanks again, C2, what can I say, I'm getting trite here. I don't know where this poem came from. It was written for an alcoholism counselor who decided to pursue me a few years after I'd left his treatment. Steamy, eh? It seemed so at the time. But that was then... I'm glad I'm worth my weight in t...

Thanks, C2, for your praise and for taking the time to read me. I had thought this was one of my weaker poems, but often people seem to like it. Cool

Hillary

Hi Joe, Yes, we might be able to have coffee, although I tend towards hibernation in the winter 8) so getting me outside for any reason can be a monumental feat. This has only gotten worse since I haven't had a job. Why, just 7 years ago I boarded a Greyhound bus on an impulse and went to New Orlean...

Dear Joe, I'm sad to say I did not know Terry McGovern, although I met her once, at a Detox facility. I was there sober that time, attending an A.A. meeting. She was there for treatment. I remember offering her a small smile of understanding. I think I mumbled, "I've been where you are..."...

Thank you so much, Georges ~ Sincerely, Hillary Hays