[MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends

[Dan Glover]

Hi Margaret!

Good to hear from you again! I agree it is great to see some activity here
again. And I am glad you are familiar with this area of Florida. And Miles
Davis too.

Thanks for writing,

Dan

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:19 AM Margaret Warren <mm at zeroexp.com> wrote:

> 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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