The List

Wow. Did you all realize there are now 357 of us who subscribe to the Mallorn PUMPKINS list???!!! We've grown! I believe I subscribed in late 97. Thats more than 6 years that Chris Lindsey has provided my personal lifeline to this crazy obsession.

Just out of curiosity I just went back to the first monthly listing, for January, 1997. There are actually a few older posts  from 93 and 94. But amazingly, I see signatures for Paul McIntyre, George GBPUMPKIN Brooks, Pumkinguy (we dont hear from him as much these days, but Wayne, we know you are out there). I see Tony Hickman (we miss him), Joe Pukos, and Vickie Brock (Brock, youve been impersonating your wife for a heckuva long time  why again did Diana/Vince get himself in so much hot water???). I see Duncan, of course, and Tim Aker (Tim, you still here?), Chris Andersen, Chris Wilbers! Bill Verchere. Hey. Mike Nepereny, talking about pumpkins in the south... I wonder who that could be?? And where is Troy Naylor? Gus Saunders. Hey you Canucks, how is Gus doing? Is Pkinbumkin Ethan Jervis? This is like looking at an old yearbook or something!

I see posts with questions, posts with good information, posts musing about possibilities, posts with, uh, slightly inappropriate content. I see BICKERING! Ha ha. ROFLMAO. I even see one person trying to unsubscribe in a post. All in all, I see people who love pumpkins reaching out in all the normal human ways to try to connect to other people who love pumpkins. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Which brings us to Christopher Lindsey. Bless his heart. All this time, all this information, all this pumpkinness. Mallorn has just been here, like air. Gosh knows I would miss it if it disappeared. So I couldnt help but notice recently on an archive page, that there is a fund drive in progress. Check it out:

http://www.hort.net/funds/

There is no book, there is no newsletter that can come close to the list for personalized information, moral support and encouragement. That's no slight at all to Don or any of the newsletter folks who make great, and very tangible contributions to the pumpkin community. But only the list is interactive. Only the list can respond to what's happening in our patches NOW. Only the list has a seven(plus)-year archive with just about any subject you can imagine, searchable on demand:

http://www.hort.net/lists//pumpkins/search.cgi

Just thought you all might like to know. I havent noticed any posts here on the fund drive.

Happy New Year!
Beth

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