OT: More Nostalgia - longish

From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>

Hi All,
This was one of my favourite posts from that black time between iris-l and 
iris-talk. Reprinted in it's entirety with permission from Celia Storey, I 
call it 'Celia's Lament'.
Hands up all those mentioned in the following post who are still here.

>>Plugging into Iris-L at any time of the day or night and reading >>the 
>>conversations of people who have begun to seem like particular >>friends 
>>has been such a habit over the past year and a half that I >>find myself 
>>at loose ends this week. I plop down at the monitor, pop >>up my dialer 
>>and sit back expecting to watch 1,670 messages >>downloading slowly, ever 
>>so slowly while I frown at their passing >>subject lines and wonder 
>>whether I shouldn't just blanket delete the >>entire lot. Don't these 
>>people have gardens to weed?
>>But now comes this void, these lonely hours of no mail or only the >>few 
>>messages you have so considerately passed along. I've learned I >>really 
>>miss my iris pals, even the silly ones who never remember to >>post their 
>>locations and who insist upon me-too'ing every pun or >>aside until Art 
>>Bern is fit to be tied.

>>Where is everyone? What is happening around Rima's pond? Has Anner >>gone 
>>for a stroll through the alleys of Richmond without inviting >>me? 
>>Shouldn't Walter be disgruntled about something? Doesn't Ian or >>Bill or 
>>Rodney or Tom or John or Juri or Gunnar or Arnold or Carl or >>-- here 
>>lately -- Steve, don't these guys have anything curious to >>report about 
>>some unpronounceable species iris they aren't sure >>deserves the name? 
>>Where is Griff's erudition? Where is Jeff's >>puckish wit? Where are the 
>>irrepressable Australians with their >>topsy-turvey seasons and their 
>>clever ways with words?
>>Where is today's magnificently impenetrable genetics lesson from 
>> >>brilliant Sharon, today's wild and crazy storytelling from 
>> >>Kathyguest, today's to-the-point expertise from Superstition's Rick 
>> >>Tasco? Claire's and Ellen's Yankee ingenuity, Rusty's exuberance, 
>> >>Diana's auctionitis, Dennis' wish list, Amy's bugs?
>
>>How is Dahliaman's new garden blooming? Will Linda Mann ever refine >>her 
>>rhizome purchase strategy to zero-in upon plants fit for the >>rigors of 
>>her famous frost pocket torture beds, and only those >>plants? Has Dorothy 
>>Frisbie's kitty recovered from his liver >>disease? Is Dana being plagued 
>>by snakes? Did Sharlyn ever catch >>that gopher? Will Sterling(not 
>>Innerst)'s fans rebound?
>
>>And most of all, what does Mark think about all of this weather?
>>I miss all the people who may not post often but whose presence 
>> >>surrounds me daily, because I know they are listening along, >>laughing 
>>along or gritting their teeth along with me. Where are you >>Phyllis and 
>>Tammy, Sally and Christa, Mary, Gloria, Annette, Tina, >>Fiona, Jim, Greg, 
>>Graham, Dr. Zurbrigg, irisbuff and Chad, Judy, >>Monica, Julie, Scott, Bob 
>>and Bob and Bob and Bob and Pat and Pat >>and Dennis and Dennis and 
>>Merrily?
>>  Where are you guys?  I miss you all. Come back to me.

>>celia storey@aristotle.net
>>Little Rock USDA Zone Too Darn Hot

Cheers, Jan Clark


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