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Re: [GWL]: Is everyone okay on this list?

Dear Penny,
     inter-country/cross cultural discussion 
     Yes, exactly. This is part of what I love best about the Internet. I have excellent email friends in many far flung countries, most of them experts in some area of medicine, horticulture, or botany. Very handy and helpful and heartwarming to communicate with them.
  For example, I had emailed  Judy Sigel, health editor of the Jerusalem Post, on Sept 10th. They'd had so many suicide bomber attacks recently that I asked her, if many people in Israel were considering moving away, perhaps to the US or Europe.
  She wrote me back on Sept.11th, and asked me. "Are you or any of your fellow Americans considering moving now?"
  Sadly, I now understand all too clearly. No point in moving since terrorists can follow you anyhow. Do they ever do anything in Australia? I hope not.
  I'm so sorry about your sister. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers. I'd hate so much to lose any of them.
Stay well. Tom
  
-----Original Message-----
From: Penny Woodward <woodycoa@surf.net.au>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:06:38 +0200
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Is everyone okay on this list?


> on 15/9/01 12:03 AM, Tom Ogren at tloallergyfree@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> > I agree with everthing you wrote. I think there is another lesson to be
> > learned from all of this: we must enjoy what we have right now. We must take
> > pleasure in our friends, children, spouses, and our gardens, even if none of
> > them is even close to flawless. We must appreciate our own selves too, even
> > though most of us are certainly imperfect  individuals.
> 
> Dear Tom, what you say is so right, even far away in Australia we have been
> shocked and appalled and frightened by what has happened. Even though I have
> not contributed much to this list I read every posting and feel that I am
> getting to know you all. My heart and thoughts go out to you all and every
> other American. My sister lived in Arizona for several years and only
> returned home last year. She loved America and Americans who made her so
> welcome. She was killed in an accident earlier this year and one of the few
> good things to come out it all was the renewed appreciation of friends and
> family. This weeks events have renewed all the pain associated with her
> death so I think I have an inkling of what so many who have lost loved ones
> are currently feeling. Any form of communication (including a garden writers
> list!) that promotes inter-country/cross cultural discussion is important to
> the survival of tolerance and understanding and the survival of humanity.
> Penny Woodward
> 
> Author of Garlic & Friends, Australian Herbal, Pest Repellent Plants and
> Asian Herbs and Vegetables.
> 
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