[MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends

Tue Apr 28 08:19:36 PDT 2020

Hi,

I never contributed in depth to this list, but was more active circa 
2003-2006 ish, but I was happy to see a post from this group this week, 
so best wishes to all here in these unique times.

I spend a lot of bird watching time too, at the moment in Florida; 
though last year I was able to spend a year in the SF/Bay area.

But I love that area of Florida! I am just a bit further 
Northwest/West.  Agreed about Miles Davis.

I am glad to see some activity in this group.  Some people I think may 
have long ago confused me with another woman - I believe named Marsha, 
who used to write here alot.. But I am not Marsha :-)

Best,

Margaret Warren

On 4/26/2020 3:50 PM, Dan Glover wrote:
> Hi Adrie!
>
> Yes, long time. Cormorants we have in abundance too. You can always spot
> them perched ominously on a branch with wings displayed menacingly. When I
> first saw them standing like that, I thought they must be angry with me
> over some perceived slight. Of course, all they are really doing is drying
> their feathers since they lack the oil producing glands of other waterfowl
> like ducks and such.
>
> One blue heron frequents the canal here during the winter.  You see him/her
> coming down out of the sky like a falling mountain. It then stands for
> hours on end staring intently at the water. The intensity of its glare is
> rather startling, eyes never blinking. Then, all of a sudden, you hear a
> splash and it comes rising up with a fish wriggling in its beak. I am sure
> if I had koi, they would be long gone by now.
>
> The otters here live mainly out on the rivers and swamps where vast mats of
> water hyacinths grow along the banks. Manatees also enjoy munching on the
> hyacinths as well. Last spring, a mamma manatee and her calf visited my
> canal for a couple days. You see them mostly out on the rivers, though.
> Same with the blue herons. Lots of them out in the swamps, along with
> egrets and ospreys and eagles. I've noticed peregrine falcons as well. You
> can always tell them by their high-pitched screech.
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:34 AM Adrie Kintziger <parser666 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello , Dan, long time no see..
>> The blue herons along with the white are a real pest here.Two years ago a
>> blu heron was able to
>> steal most of my koi-he only left one in the pond.That one is still there
>> now, with some goldfish.I had
>> to cover the whole pond with nets on a permanent base.Another pest here is
>> the great cormorant which
>> is a special guest at the canal here.They own it!.
>> Few days ago the first otter was spotted in Zelzate in 50 years or so,..in
>> the yacht harbour.
>>
>> Adrie
>>
>> Op za 25 apr. 2020 om 21:42 schreef Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hello old friends,
>>>
>>> A couple years ago I sold everything, gave away what I couldn't sell, and
>>> moved from Chicago to Florida. I bought a shack perched precariously
>> close
>>> to a canal in the swamps just outside Satsuma where I spend my days
>> sitting
>>> in the sunshine reading and taking photos of gators, otters, and blue
>>> herons. I was delighted the other day to see a reference to Zen and the
>> Art
>>> of Motorcycle Maintenance in Quichotte (pronounced Key-Shot) by Salman
>>> Rushdie but then again Rushdie seems to read everything.
>>>
>>> I am no longer writing as much as I did up north. I think part of that
>> has
>>> to do with how it is sunny and warm and pleasant here even in December
>> and
>>> January and February whereas in Chicago the weather was intent on killing
>>> me six months out of the year. I also like to think what I do write now
>> has
>>> more quality than the torrent of words I once produced though in that I
>> am
>>> most likely fooling myself.
>>>
>>> I am also exercising quite a lot these days: walking, biking, running,
>>> swimming. I daily take a chug from the fountain of youth and dammit if it
>>> doesn't seem to be working. Listening to lots of music both new and old,
>>> catch myself cranking up the volume. Miles Davis seems particularly
>> apropos
>>> to these long and sunny Florida afternoons.
>>>
>>> Life is good.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> A rip tide is raging
>>> And the life guard is away
>>> But the ocean doesn't want me today
>>> The ocean doesn't want me today
>>> (Tom Waits)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM Adrie Kintziger <parser666 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Matt , and Krimel,and probably more of the usual suspects.. ,in the
>>>> run-up to my retirement and my daughter buying a house that i had to do
>>> up
>>>> myself (3 yrs work),
>>>> i halted my postings to the list.After some time it went
>> silent.Probably
>>> i
>>>> was peeled out of the onion. Since then, i never checked anymore, nor
>>> did i
>>>> hear anything.
>>>> So you are the first ,Matt.
>>>> I still read many books.I fish extensively.Still riding my bicycle
>> daily,
>>>> do about 12000 miles a year.I have the bulk of time now.
>>>> But its difficult to ride my normal tracks under lockdown and with the
>>>> Dutch borders closed up-normally i always ride in the Netherlands, but
>>> have
>>>> to stay in Belgium nowadays.
>>>> We cannot fish in the canal under the lockdown,and they are patrolling
>>> the
>>>> little forest we have there , so the only thing we can do for now is
>>>> cleaning , pruning the trees and
>>>> just sit over there , on some distance from each other. Its our
>> personal
>>>> tranquility base , so we have to guard it.
>>>>
>>>> I do not know where you live Matt, and Krimel,i hope its a location
>> that
>>>> allows you to weather this viral storms ...
>>>> Missed you all, Krimel included.
>>>> Adrie
>>>>
>>>> Op za 25 apr. 2020 om 19:36 schreef Scribe <Scribe at club-hub.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>>> Good to hear from you. I too have reflected on the old day on the
>> MoQ.
>>> In
>>>>> my
>>>>> memory they take shape as Good old days in a way few reflection on
>> the
>>>> past
>>>>> do these days.
>>>>> I left the MoQ after Horse and Ant threaten to reveal my true name,
>>>> which I
>>>>> thought was a betrayal of trust. I went to graduate school in
>>>> communication
>>>>> but dropped out after a six years as an ABD with a master's, mostly
>>>> because
>>>>> I got a full time teaching gig. I mostly taught Psychology but also
>>>> classes
>>>>> in Communication and Philosophy. I retired last year and spent couple
>>> of
>>>>> months in Europe riding trains with my wife. We had similar plans
>> this
>>>> year
>>>>> but they have been delayed...
>>>>> There is a serious irony for me with respect to the MoQ. When I
>> entered
>>>>> graduate school, I was averaging four or five page of writing a day
>> for
>>>> the
>>>>> community. Graduate school gave me writer's block. It was too
>> focused,
>>>> too
>>>>> controlled, it had to be done. Don't get me wrong I wrote a lot for
>>>>> graduate
>>>>> school but it was not for fun and other than being an asshole on
>>>> Facebook I
>>>>> don't do it much these days.
>>>>> Anyway, love me or hate me I miss all of you, well most of you,
>>> fiercely.
>>>>> Krimel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Moq_Discuss <moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org> On Behalf
>> Of
>>>>> Matt
>>>>> Kundert
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 11:41 AM
>>>>> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>>>>> Subject: [MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> It's been three years since I've checked this email and five since I
>>>> wrote
>>>>> to the listserve.  I was just talking to a friend, outside, 8 feet
>>> away,
>>>> on
>>>>> a fold-out chair I brought with me, and she brought up ZMM.  We
>>> chatted a
>>>>> little while about it, and am going to give her one of the many
>> copies
>>> I
>>>>> still have squirreled away.  I haven't read it since I taught it in
>>> 2014,
>>>>> but I still think it is one of the most remarkably structured books.
>>>> I've
>>>>> been teaching "close reading" for over 10 years now, and its
>>>> responsiveness
>>>>> is a sign of its enduring quality of thought and feeling.
>>>>>
>>>>> But that's just, maybe, the required nostalgic overture.  The real
>>>>> nostalgia
>>>>> I wanted to toss into this still pool was a Hello to any of my old
>>>> friends
>>>>> and interlocutors who still receive these emails.  I still feel that
>> my
>>>>> participation many years ago was integral to my intellectual and
>>>> stylistic
>>>>> growth.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope everyone is well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt
>>>>> Former Apostate
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