Saturday, January 03, 2015

Email Reunion/Marian Catholic HS/Class of 1967

Have You All read MarionZimmerBradley's scifi stories about the FreeAmazonGuild on a patriarchal colony planet? The Sisterhood lived in Guild Houses, and hired out as mountain guides and midwives and matrix healers, and even mercenaries. I read the whole series when I was in my feminist formative stage, late 20's, and became committed to trying to build that kind of community lifestyle for myself. It was then that I realized that wanting to be a Nun when I was 12, was because I liked the Community they had for themselves. I've since dreamed of spending my old age at the OldFeministHome, with rocking chairs on the frontporch, next to the solar-powered refrigerator filled with water, ice, and beer; camping for traveling family in the backyard, on COUCHES UNDER THE STARS! And guess what? I've got it all, except for the auxilary refrigerator, right here at BlackDogJunction!!! So, FIELD TRIP YOU SAY??? HAVE I EVER GOT A DESTINATION FOR YOU!!! We can even go to the hotsprings spa 2 miles down the road, and soak away our old ager's aches and pains. What a Hoot, Hey? Oh! Susie Southland was still traveling too, this time last year...anybody have a working address for her? "Equality of Rights, under American Law, shall not be denied or abridged, by the United States, or by any State, on account of Gender." sage --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Lynn McNeill Smith wrote: From: Lynn McNeill Smith Subject: Re: Hail! Hail! The gang's all here!!! To: "morgana sage" Cc: "Donna Jones" , "carol andrade" Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 4:32 PM Hi All, Do I hear "field trip"? I'm strongly considering it. Actually, I'm definitely up for it if we can all manage the timing. Carol and I were talking about it last year but never quite made it, mostly due to our schedules if I remember correctly. I am still travellin' but it takes a bit of persuasion to get me going. Wasn't it always that way? Meanwhile, we're linked up again which is good. I'm still in Orange County. Retired from my phone tech career and am studying music part time at a community college. I do play the cello, sort of. Just easy stuff. I sometimes play in the college orchestra and used to play in an amateur string quartet with some friends. Nothing like Yo-Yo Ma. More like the Jack Benny of cello. Still married to Michael and we are planning to move to Oregon when he retires which may be next week or may be in 2 years, depending on how long he feels like hanging on. He's a conservative living in liberal academia land, so it could be next week. Don't get your address books out yet. We have been planning to move north for over 30 years. But it could really happen this time. We stayed kidless, but have a number of nieces and nephews. We also "adopted" a few kids I met in orchestra and one couple recently got married and had a baby so I'm an honorary grandma. Not quite the real thing, but I'll take what I can get. Not much else to report. I'm old and fat and it's been fun getting here. Please let's keep in touch. I'm setting up a distribution list in my email but don't know what to call it. Any ideas? Lynn p.s. Donna, are you in touch with Linda? I totally lost her too. Careless of me, but I really am trying to be better about those things these days. On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:34 AM, morgana sage wrote: Whoopie!!! Our clic survives!!! Divorced in '79, have been back on this left coast since'93, and have retired(since2002) from the frontlines to just south of DeathValley at TecopaHotSprings on Old Spanish Trail. Wouldn't it be cool if we could have our own reunion this winter? My traveling days are way over...except in my golf cart which doesn't go far out of the neighborhood, but Carol is still mobile and considering a visit to my desert, and maybe Lynn is too, so maybe we could have a party here to catch up on our last 40 years??? Now that I have yer email address, I'll send links to my blogs, writing being my major occupation these days. For starters, go to my oldest... http://thebroadsside.blogspot.com ta-ta for now, Kris "Equality of Rights, under American Law, shall not be denied or abridged, by the United States, or by any State, on account of Gender." sage --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Donna Jones wrote: From: Donna Jones Subject: Re: Yo Bride'sMaid, It'sMe,KrisWilliams/Class of '67 To: blackdogjunction@yahoo.com Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 5:45 AM Hi Cris, Great to hear from you. Like you I have been wondering where you were. I'm still hanging out in good ole San Diego. I've been working in the South Bay School District for the last 28 years playing "Marian the Librarian." Thinking of retiring from there soon. Been divorced from Glenn since 1996, have 3 beautiful grandchildren, 2 boys and a girl. Are you still living back east? Still married? Didn't know that Lynn was a cello player. Haven't heard from her in years. Knew Carol was a nurse. She lives in Ramona the last I heard. Haven't seen her for years either. Sad how we all lost touch. We really should try to get together. I think that would be fun. Or at least keep in contact. Hope to hear from you again Donna b>