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Skriven 2008-04-29 15:14:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6190 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
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Hi Janis,

>> able to work on making clothes for people like Gloria Dehaven ... she
>> did a lot of volunteer work at our animal shelter since she lived in

 JK> > Neat; was she one of the radical PETA folks or just an animal lover?

 JK> Just an animal lover... which I thought was very neat.  Being so close

Good; the PETA folks are probably animal lovers in name but not action.
Just like Rachel used to collect cow items--loved the abstract but
confront her with a real live one and................

 JK> to Manhatten was great because we could run to some of the great
 JK> fabric stores there and pick out the most beautiful fabrics for people
 JK> at places like that. Sari Silks.. and more..

Drrrrrrrrroooooooooolllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you
still go to them?

>> to be critiqued by Shep Coleman (who the heck is that everyone is
>> asking??? (laugh)) for my acting performance in the play Harvey :)  It

 JK> > The name is faintly familiar.  Were you the rabbit? (G)

 JK> Ah no (laugh)... the ingenu frisky teenage daughter about to be
 JK> introduced into "society"... :)  Shep Coleman was a musical director

OK, it's been a long time since I've seen the movie.

 JK> on Broadway.. I believe his major work would have been the musical
 JK> direction of 'Hello Dolly!', though there may have been others of

That's a good show but I think "Fiddler OTR" is my all time favorite.
(G)

 JK> number of famous musicians in Warwick then as well.. Doc Severinson
 JK> lived in Warwick back then for while... I went to school with his
 JK> daughters..

If I recall rightly, he used to wear some flashy jackets on the Tonight
show?

>> was great fun, if nothing else.. but this later yuppie infusion is
>> totally different from that era..

 JK> > That's what invaded Margaretville to some extent.  A lot of tourist
 JK> > folks--summer vacationers, fishermen, hunters, skiers, etc. I knew
 JK> one > off Broadway actress who worked with our drama department when I

 JK> At least that type would seem to come and go compared to the type that
 JK> moved into Warwick in later years, I expect?  These people bought up
 JK> all the property they could, even the most run down streets in the
 JK> village... which is good I suppose for the people who lived there, I
 JK> mean they were able to sell at a great price I expect (or hope,
 JK> anyway) though I don't know really.  Then those run down areas were
 JK> re-built, restored and "yuppie-ized" (g)... likewise, the rural areas
 JK> were developed and huge homes were built.

There are enough of that kind of folks in the Catskills too. Property
isn't as dirt cheap as it was 30 some years ago thanks to the "new
folks".

>> Think so.. one of Ron's co-workers in Westchester, who lives about 15
>> minutes from Manhatten, called him and said, TURN ON THE TV.. it was
>> horrible.. we missed the first building being hit, but saw all the
>> rest of it live... truly horrible.

 JK> > I watched quite a bit of it too.  Steve was able to get to work
 JK> > (advantage of living on post) but most of his office wasn't. I'd
 JK> made > some pumpernickel/sourdough bagels the day before so he took a
 JK> bunch in > for people who may not have had the chance to get

 JK> I think the entire nation was tuned in to the news stations that day..
 JK> how tragic it was. I remember getting a netmail from Fidonet people in

I didn't even read Fido for a few days, just kept watching TV.  We had
Fox (vs CNN); at one point, a Fox reporter interviewed a volunteer
fireman from Bovina (near Delhi).  By chance, they happened to be in the
same area at the same time--and found out they'd gone to 6th grade
together in the Delhi school system.

 JK> Italy expressing their sadness for the people in Zone 1 immediately
 JK> after they'd heard the news. That was one of many, actually.. but the
 JK> first I remember receiving.

I stayed home for the first few days.  We'd gotten a DVD player the
night before (and, among other DVDs, I got a Veggie Tales one) but
didn't even set it up for a few weeks.  Meals were quick fix, eat while
watching the TV type.


 JK> Yup.. must have been quite a mess, but understandable.

>> >  Commute to work was a whole lot less stressful and we
>> > had an avocado tree in our back yard.

>> Oh, that's incredibly neat :)  That's something you can only dream of
>> in NY :) I've got tons of plants around that will never bear a fruit

 JK> > But it's fun to say you've got such and such a plant. (G)  The tree
 JK> > produced like gangbusters every other year--they were about softball
 JK> > sized fruit too. We gave them away by the sack full!

 JK> That's really nice :)  I bet that was appreciated :)  here's a recipe
 JK> I came up with when my daughter came by this summer and I was
 JK> desperate to come up with vegetarian dishes :)

 JK> ===Lobster-stuffed Avocado======
 JK> 6-8 servings

Looks good--nice and cool.  Is your daughter familiar with "The Deaf
Smith County Cook Book"? It's all vegetarian, one of my favorites for
whole wheat baked goods and some of the salads.



 JK> > Even having an older sibling who was way smarter than me was a
 JK> > detriment in school.  He was 2 years ahead of me but in a couple of
 JK> my > classes.

 JK> So they expected you to perform - that's not real fair either :( But
 JK> somehow I think you were shortchanging yourself there (g)

I'm not a "book learning smart" which is what my folks emphasized. I
could never take the art type classes I wanted to in high school but had
some in college.  Needle, thread & fabirc are my main art forms now and
I love it.


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Ruth
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