No Show at GWA

**"* H* <g*@charter.net>**

I'm posting this because numerous people have asked if the listserv is

having a gathering in Dallas and if I'm attending the symposium.

With great regret, I share this. There will be no gathering as I won't be

attending, nor will Doug Green. I'm having, what I hope, is the final

surgery on my shoulder. This has been a tough year for me, starting in

March with knee surgery that infected. Then I fell and broke my left

shoulder. Doctors didn't do their jobs and pronounced me cured, even though

I couldn't lift my left arm. After a second opinion, I learned that the

bone (humerous) didn't heal and I had no ball and socket joint action. This

surgery will either repair the bone with a metal plate or replace the

shoulder joint, depending on how badly the broken bone is now decayed. The

wonderful news is that I will be able to move my arm and lift it the day

after surgery. Physical therapy will be easy, compared to what I've been

through in the last six months.

I'm a Texas girl, born a piece down the road from Dallas, in Ft. Worth, and

lived in Texas most of my adult life. I was really looking forward to the

symposium. Y'all have to tell me how much fun you had and all the wonderful

things you saw after the event. I'll be green with envy, but I'll enjoy

hearing your tales.

Meanwhile, reserve time now for a big party in 2011 at the Indianapolis

symposium. That will be this listserv's 10th anniversary. I formed this

list in March 2001 and we had our first cocktail party gathering in Orlando

in November that year. Due to 9/11, the symposium wasn't well attended,

only about 225 people, but we GWL people partied hard! I first got to meet

Doug Green, Betty Earl and a number of others still on this list. Jeff Ball

was there, too. We met daily in the bar and hashed over the symposium tours

and workshops, talked about the future of gardening writing and wondered how

much the Internet would intrude upon print media. Ten years later, we know

how much it has changed everything, but only a few of us like Doug has the

insight to prepare.

Y'all have a great time and give Big D a big "Howdy" from me. Don't miss

the Chicken Fried Steak and Mesquite Brisket, either. And watch out for

armadillos!

Doreen Howard

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