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In_The_Wind — where are you sister? (Original Post) Raine1967 Mar 2015 OP
I miss her too! RiffRandell Mar 2015 #1
I owe you a phone call. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #20
I know you are busy. RiffRandell Mar 2015 #28
Missing her as well. antiquie Mar 2015 #2
I agree! Raine1967 Mar 2015 #5
It wasn't fun but it was necessary. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #22
I miss her too! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #3
I expect to see her back soon with an excuse note signed, 'In_The_Wind's Mother' pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #4
Love it! Raine1967 Mar 2015 #6
The parrot ate my excuse! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #38
is she not on an undercover mission? rurallib Mar 2015 #7
who blabbed In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #32
I'm sure she is out and about HappyMe Mar 2015 #8
It was nice while it lasted. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author antiquie Mar 2015 #9
Ah Raine. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #10
Welcome back---a little Richard and Mimi Farina... panader0 Mar 2015 #11
Thanks! Oh, and that is a great song! In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #19
A side note: Joan's husband from '68 to '73 was David Harris. panader0 Mar 2015 #12
There you are!!! KMOD Mar 2015 #13
Are you still diggin' out? In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #17
You were that close by and you didn't let me know? KMOD Mar 2015 #23
You got it right! That's the Fonda Speedway. It's under new management now. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #37
Welcome back! What is the snow pack like? hrmjustin Mar 2015 #14
We still have snow over 3/4 of the yard. However it's only 3 inches deep in most spots. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #15
All gone here but it is going to get colder. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #16
We're expecting a chill mid week but I'm going huntin' for that lying groundhog. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #18
Lmfao! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #21
3 INCHES of snow?!? magical thyme Mar 2015 #27
A dozen or more Grackles showed up this morning. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #33
I'm going to download that to my iPod. Aristus Mar 2015 #24
Welcome Back! Raine1967 Mar 2015 #25
wecome home, In The Wind! magical thyme Mar 2015 #26
It stil l sounds like an unexcused absence to me. antiquie Mar 2015 #29
Awww! You really do care. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #34
Welcome back! We all missed you! femmocrat Mar 2015 #30
I missed all of my pals here. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #36
A belated joining of the original sentiment and of the WELCOME BACK!1 Much missed. n/t UTUSN Mar 2015 #31
... In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #35

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
28. I know you are busy.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 09:25 AM
Mar 2015

Husband leaves today for 2 days so it would be good timing as I get bored; tomorrow night I'm meeting a friend for dinner.

Response to Raine1967 (Original post)

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
10. Ah Raine.
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 09:59 PM
Mar 2015

Thank you

An old friend sent me a text telling me that someone on DU was missing me.

antiquie sent me a PM with a link.

I'll bookmark this thread so on the days and nights when I think I don't matter to anyone, I've got proof that I still do. Sometimes lately I find myself having a pity party. It was always a bit lonely growing up as an only child but that was nothing compared to now.




While I was searching for something musical about the wind I stumbled upon this.
I truly had to share it.

I've been out shopping at BJ's to restock my freezer. That took an entire day.
The car was repaired, inspected and ready to go. I thought I was going to rest and enjoy a visitor who dropped by for a few days. And then the phone rang: "Would you like do do a short escort run tomorrow?" So I went back to work. And the visitor, who has been sleeping on my couch, finally left this afternoon.




panader0

(25,816 posts)
12. A side note: Joan's husband from '68 to '73 was David Harris.
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 10:19 PM
Mar 2015

I met him in late '68 and spoke with him after a speech he gave at my college. I hadn't registered for the draft yet, and he advised me not to do so. He was arrested in July '69 for draft evasion.
From wiki:






David Victor Harris (born 1946) is an American journalist and author.[1] He is known chiefly for his role as an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War, most notably as a leading opponent of the Draft.





Harris was born in Fresno, California. After graduating from Fresno High School as "Boy of the Year" in 1963,[2] Harris enrolled in Stanford University. He soon became involved in the Civil Rights Movement, traveling through the Deep South to join other students in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Freedom Summer voter registration campaign in Mississippi. In 1966, he was elected student body president at Stanford, serving a one-year term. As a counter-protest, Harris's head was forcibly shaved by a gang of masked members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity that had many football players as members and apparently a pro-war outlook.[3] Harris was also future Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's dormitory RA during Romney's sole year at Stanford.[4]

§Draft resistance[edit]

In 1967, Harris founded an organization called The Resistance, which persuaded young men of draft age to refuse to cooperate with the Selective Service System—to return all draft cards, including exemptions and deferments, and refuse to be drafted; and to work together to end the Vietnam War. Within a few years, the Selective Service System discovered that only about half of the men sent draft notices actually showed up for their draft physicals.[citation needed] The number of casual no-shows was too great to prosecute them all—some of them might have made a simple mistake—so the authorities only prosecuted a few leaders of The Resistance.[citation needed] When Harris received his draft notice, he chose neither to report nor to flee to Canada, as draft evaders had frequently done. Harris was arrested in July 1969, and convicted of draft evasion, a federal felony. He was sentenced to a term in Federal Prison. He served about 15 months in various minimum- to medium-security prisons, where he led several hunger strikes: this provided an occasion for transfer to another prison. He was released on parole in October 1970. After his release, he gave talks about the experience. He said: "In prison, I lost my ideals, but not my principles."

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
23. You were that close by and you didn't let me know?
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 11:16 PM
Mar 2015


Is that the Fonda speedway?

Our snow is rapidly disappearing. I even saw a robin today. Spring is coming.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
37. You got it right! That's the Fonda Speedway. It's under new management now.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:46 PM
Mar 2015

I wonder if it'll change any.

C'mon Spring!

Don't feel bad. I didn't know I was driving up there until 1PM yesterday.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
15. We still have snow over 3/4 of the yard. However it's only 3 inches deep in most spots.
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 10:55 PM
Mar 2015

There's mountains of snow piled everywhere.




 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
27. 3 INCHES of snow?!?
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 08:05 AM
Mar 2015

I have 3 feet of snow everywhere, except on my garden. There its more like 5 feet.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
33. A dozen or more Grackles showed up this morning.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:23 PM
Mar 2015


My latest project is moving bluestone after it's no longer frozen to the ground.

Mud season is almost here.
 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
26. wecome home, In The Wind!
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 08:04 AM
Mar 2015
we been worried about ya! no more disappearing for days at a time... the lounge isn't the same without you.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
34. Awww! You really do care.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:34 PM
Mar 2015

Fine drink served in spotless crystal and flowers.


Alright ... there were too many pairs of eyes looking over my shoulder to visit with my pals here. Happy now?

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