Shared with you, brenda.
I think the link in post -t "ita's thread" Jan 13, 2015 1:34:27 pm PST should work for anyone.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
ita's thread
A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.
-t - Jan 13, 2015 12:28:29 pm PST #123 of 3153
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nilly - Jan 13, 2015 12:29:11 pm PST #124 of 3153
Swouncing
Do these links still work?
Two pictures, each from one of the times I was lucky enough to meet ita. Both from my USA trip:
One of the things I was most thankful for, during my LA visit, was that I got to attend a krav lesson in which ita assisted teaching (Lee, do you remember? we scheduled and re-scheduled and things got shifted and cancelled and schedules changed again, until at the very last evening of the very last day I was in LA it finally all clicked, and we were able to go).
I was lucky enough to get to study a bit from her, to share with her that thing she loved so much and was so good at. She was a really good teacher. She made *me* learn stuff about kicking and punching, and I've never before or since managed to accomplish that again. It was probably the one-of-a-kind air that she brought to it that enabled it for me.
[Edit: -t, the link opens fine for me - thank you so much for sharing that.]
sj - Jan 13, 2015 12:32:17 pm PST #125 of 3153
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nilly, those links bring up a 404 error for me.
Nilly - Jan 13, 2015 12:34:20 pm PST #126 of 3153
Swouncing
sj, and now?
(I've changed the privacy settings for them.)
DavidS - Jan 13, 2015 12:36:27 pm PST #127 of 3153
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can see them now, Nilly.
brenda m - Jan 13, 2015 12:37:29 pm PST #128 of 3153
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So much love for the second one, and the krav story.
Laura - Jan 13, 2015 12:38:06 pm PST #129 of 3153
Our wings are not tired.
Those pictures are truly precious, Nilly.
sj - Jan 13, 2015 12:39:05 pm PST #130 of 3153
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I can see them now. Great photos, Nilly. Thanks for sharing.
Strix - Jan 13, 2015 12:39:28 pm PST #131 of 3153
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I met her for a hot second at the LA F2F, because she was surrounded, and exhausted from a belt test. But we emailed, and....oh, god, I don't know what to say.
I expected to meet her again for longer one day. Maybe go to Jamaica with her.
I'll be signing up for a krav class, too. Because she made me want to.
FYI: Migraine Research Foundation -- [link]
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Shir - Jan 13, 2015 12:40:04 pm PST #132 of 3153
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm so glad everyone is posting and I hate the reason for it.
This. I'm smiling and laughing till I remember the reason for this thread, these stories. Oh, ita.
Thank you for all of sharing the stories and posting here.