[MD] Where I'm at

[MarshaV]

On Sep 12, 2010, at 12:45 PM, John Carl wrote:

> A story Marsha?
> 
> Sure.  I like Dave and the Ronettes, just fine, but I'll tell you a story
> about Limbo.

I like Dave and Ron too.  


> 
> Limbo is a place.  As a place, the best description I have for it is "not
> this, not that".  I'm not real familiar with Catholic theology, but as I
> understand it,  Limbo  describes where pagans .  and unchristened babies go
> after they die.  Sounds like my kind of people, actually.   I think good
> Catholics are supposed to pray their loved ones out of limbo and into
> heaven.  But I always wondered why.  Limbo sounds like the middle way to me.
> 
> When I say I'm living in Limbo, I mean my property, my home of 18 years, my
> old miner's cabin which dangles over the diggins behind the house, and
> fronts onto HWY 49.  If I stand in my front yard I can hear Harleys and Semi
> Trucks going by.  If I stand in the back I'm bordering on BLM land,
> thousands of acres of it, below the level of an 80 foot cliff that shunts
> sounds over my head and leaves me in peace.  I live on the knife edge of
> ambiguity.  This can be maddening, or frustrating or quite liberating,
> depending on how you wanna look at it.  A couple of events have conspired to
> bring the knife edge of ambiguity to a razor sharp hone.
> 
> First, on Sept. 2nd, Lu was issued a ticket by Nevada County to appear in
> court on criminal charges.  These charges concern the condition of our
> property and septic disposal.
> 
> At the same time, JP Morgan Chase has somehow "lost" our modification
> documents, which they say gives them the power to renegotiate our mortgage
> modification.  I hear stories all the time about such antics.  How the
> government gives money to banks to make up their losses and foolishness.
> How the banks take the money, and keep the property, in the hopes of milking
> more money out of these "financial instruments".  Good luck with that.
> Sooner or later, something real needs to happen.
> 
> Yesterday a shelf, burdened with books fell down and I had to pick up the
> books.  I found one I didn't even know I had, it was from so long ago - a
> thin brown book of poetry by Gary Snyder -
> 
> "Some critic tried to put me down--
> 'your poems lack the Basic Truth of Tao'
> And I recall the old-timers
> Who were poor and didn't care.
> I have to laugh at him,
> He misses the point entirely,
> Men like that
> Ought to stick to making money."
> 
> Between the bank and the county, who both stick my home in Limbo, I find the
> perfect stand.  To the county I say, "Hey, it's not even certain that it's
> my property.  Go find JP Morgan/Chase and ask him to cut the grass, get rid
> of the unregistered vehicles and ancient school bus moldering in apple
> orchard."  To JP Morgan Chase I say, "hey, why should I sign your
> modification agreement when the property isn't even livable?  The county has
> red-tagged it and here is the supporting documentation to prove what I
> say".  All threats cancel each other out and just thrusts me deeper into
> limbo.
> 
> Pray for me, then.  Not to leave limbo for heaven, but to turn Limbo into
> heaven, without interference from demons.
> 
> John


Guess the Witches of Eastwick clip didn't make you laugh...  

So many people are suffering.  Honestly, I don't see how one can ever achieve 
a lasting peace while there is one person still suffering.  The American dream is 
coming undone for so many in the U.S.of A.  What to do?  What to do?  I don't 
know what to do, but you are a good guy so don't let it get you down.  
 
 
Marsha  














 
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