Timelies all!
I’m really sorry I couldn’t be there. Another downside of being at the hotel instead of our house is that there is no privacy, no place I could sneak off to for the Zoom. All of my love to you and your family, JZ.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Aug 20, 2023 2:31:56 pm PDT #24185 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Laura - Aug 20, 2023 2:33:49 pm PDT #24186 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry that we had an obligation that required us to drop out early. It was so beautiful to see everyone and feel all the love. So happy that Matilda was able to join us.
P.M. Marc - Aug 20, 2023 2:35:34 pm PDT #24187 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What day did the first F2F happen? We could celebrate We Aren't Axe Murderers Day.
EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2023 2:41:10 pm PDT #24188 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Where is that "Like" button?
Laura - Aug 20, 2023 2:50:19 pm PDT #24189 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
What day did the first F2F happen? We could celebrate We Aren't Axe Murderers Day.
My pictures are dated May 17, 2002. Sounds about right.
Nilly - Aug 20, 2023 2:52:14 pm PDT #24190 of 30000
Swouncing
September 17 is when we first started posting on the Phoenix Board.
(This year it's Rosh Hashana, or I would've offered here and now to host a Zoom during it)
The first F2F was May 17.
[Edit: x-posted with Laura. Of course.]
beekaytee - Aug 20, 2023 3:43:49 pm PDT #24191 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I am glad you didn't give up on us prickly weird territorial defensive twerps, which many of us were during that period of time. Total virtual village NIMBYs, some of us, as I call myself out.
I am so glad, too, Plei. Glad and grateful.
It is remarkable, how the community has evolved through all the laughs, celebrations, losses, evolutions and aspirations. Our lives are so rich together.
Beverly - Aug 20, 2023 3:49:15 pm PDT #24192 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Even though I couldn't be here, reading now I'm overcome in the most wonderful way by the love and community among us. I was here in spirit. As beekaytee says, this is home. It's always been my first home on the internet, and will remain so. Losing the best of us is just a microcosm of the world, and continuing is honoring and forging ahead just like real life. I love you all. I love you Jacqueline, David, Matilda, Emmett, and the rest of the family.
beekaytee - Aug 20, 2023 3:57:24 pm PDT #24193 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Much love to you, Beverly.
Maria - Aug 20, 2023 4:19:45 pm PDT #24194 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I’m here, mostly lurking right now. I wish I could have made the call but time zones weren’t kind to me today. It’s been a hard year for so many of us and I selfishly wish that JZ was doing the comforting instead of the one being comforted. She is the best of us even at the worst of times.
David, thank you for sharing this precious time with us. It’s a gift. Sending all of you love and light.
This will always be my home. So many of you have opened your homes and lives to me that the only word for you is “family.”