Fw: Who are you people?

[lindafowens]

----- Original Message -----
From: lindafowens <lindafowens at netzero.net>
To: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at juno.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Who are you people?


> Okay, here goes:  I'm Linda, 58  (how did I get to be so old?), from
Exeter,
> RI.  David and I have been married for 35 years, and I wrote a humorous 19
> pp story for our 25th anniversary about our first date, which was in 8
feet
> of snow in Tuckerman's Ravine of Mt. Washington, NH, with a large number
of
> people present.  There were earth, fire, air, and water in abundance; we
had
> to sleep in a snow cave; and my old flame, who fixed us up, actually lit
> himself on fire.  Various old friends wove in and out of the story, plus a
> nun, a jeep/bus driver, and a guy who loaned me a warm jacket--celestial
> checkers?  At some point I was passing out bread  (and cheese) and David
was
> passing out wine--very mythic.  We have often said we have stayed together
> because the universe would explode otherwise.  Anyway, we have three
> wonderful environmentally conscious sons in their 30's and two
> grandchildren, all very close in spirit.  Besides being a Scoutmaster,
David
> owns and runs a car repair and restoration shop nearby  (he has degree in
> geology from Dartmouth) which I call "the other woman", and I have had art
> shows in NYC and sung at the Sydney Opera House with my chorus--two things
> that look good on a resume, but are kinda strange for a biology major
(Mt.
> Holyoke, on scholarship).  My favorite things that I have done in my life
> besides raising my kids, are having a minifarm, with animals, vegetables,
> and flowers from my father's grandfather's garden.  Also, I feel I was
> valuable to the community for volunteering with enrichment projects in my
> kids' classes, providing free art classes for neighborhood kids in both
> neighborhoods we lived in, and feeding any kids who stopped by and looked
> hungry.  I think I shall be best remembered for my cooking, or my true
> stories of how funny things always happen to me.  I got into this club via
> Judith, whom we met when she was leading folk dances at Brown U. and our
> youngest was 3 months old.  All we could afford then was two hours a week
of
> babysitting, plus the 25 cents each fee for dancing--when things improved
a
> bit, we got to stop for hot fudge sundaes on the way home.  Sorry for
going
> on and on--there is much more, but enough is enough.  Linda Owens
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at juno.com>
> To: <fictionary at plover.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:15 PM
> Subject: Who are you people?
>
>
> > So here at the end of the year comes time to ask a question that I've
> > wondered about for a while: who is out there in the fictionary mailing
> > list?  I suspect that in addition to the names I've become familiar
with,
> > that there are two types of lurkers: old regulars who haven't played for
> > a while, and folks we've seldom or never heard from.  But in any event,
> > I've been playing this game for close to eight years now with a bunch of
> > strangers.  So I'm curious as to who you all are (whether active or not)
> > and how you got hooked up with this eclectic bunch, and whether you all
> > know each other.  I'll start.
> >
> > I'm Jean-Joseph Cote (most people call me J-J), and I'm a 41-year-old
> > software engineer who lives in Massachusetts (although I started playing
> > Fictionary during my four-year stint in Boulder, CO).  Elliott invited
me
> > to play; I know him from when he was briefly slumming in the world of
> > engineering before he started grad school -- he signed on to do some
tech
> > writing for the company I work for, and wound up writing software (Clive
> > still uses the Excel partlister to this day, Elliott, but the weird
> > memory card interface went down years ago with the tattoo remover).  I
in
> > turn pulled Hutch into the game; I know him from orienteering.
> >
> > So.... who are you?
> >
> > Jean-Joseph
> >
> >
>