old friends

[Abby]

Dar, Babz, Melia I am thinking of you. Judith also, wherever she is.

xo Abby

[girl...@gmail.com]

On Friday, November 18, 2016 at 6:08:23 AM UTC-8, Abby wrote:
> Dar, Babz, Melia I am thinking of you. Judith also, wherever she is.
>
> xo Abby

You forgot Zimmy, Snow, Mark, Michael, and so many more whose names escape me now. -greg also, wherever he is.

lovelovelove
sleep

[Abby]

Old friend you are here! I didn't forget but I didn't say all the names, yours included though you are who I thought of first (taking deep comfort in the image of Leonard & Hank). I was reading through the archive here recently and saw messages I wrote when I was 17 years old, close to 20 years ago now. How are you Sean?

[Will Dockery]

On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 7:52:40 PM UTC-5, Abby wrote:
> Old friend you are here! I didn't forget but I didn't say all the names, yours included though you are who I thought of first (taking deep comfort in the image of Leonard & Hank). I was reading through the archive here recently and saw messages I wrote when I was 17 years old, close to 20 years ago now. How are you Sean?

Good to see you here, I stop by rarely, because the activity here has been so minimal.

There are a number of us followers of Leonard Cohen, his poetry and music, at:

https://groups.google.com/d/forum/alt.arts.poetry.comments

We'd love to have you, all of you, join us there.

:)

[girl...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 4:52:40 PM UTC-8, Abby wrote:
> Old friend you are here! I didn't forget but I didn't say all the names, yours included though you are who I thought of first (taking deep comfort in the image of Leonard & Hank). I was reading through the archive here recently and saw messages I wrote when I was 17 years old, close to 20 years ago now. How are you Sean?

Abby! I knew somehow, that you would come. I am good, but of course, very sad right now. It will get better with time.

And how are you, the once baby of our group? Are you settled someplace now? We should really meet one day. (And thank you for remembering Hank!)

[girl...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the invitation, Will. I'll check it out. I think of this place as the secret message drop. Perhaps Melia will even drop by and say a prayer :-)

[Will Dockery]

I like that... and I have feeling we'll be seeing quite a lot of Leonard Cohen over the next few months, sad, but that's the way the media reacts.

Will National Enquirer even notice, like they have with their libelous glee over Bowie and Prince? Wouldn't even be surprised.

[Abby]

I'm so glad you're around, Sean. Grief. It's hard for me to imagine what Leonard's friends are feeling when this stranger took his death rather hard. I've stayed in New Mexico for the last seven years though I recently moved about 50 miles south to Albuquerque. I am pretty happy with the way my life is right now- working hard in & outside of my job, a small handful of close friends, a tiny apartment that keeps me cozy. What more could a girl want?

It's thanksgiving today & I'm heading into the mountains with a friend in an hour to take a very long walk to a hot spring- not far from one of Roshi's Zen center in Jemez Springs. Whatever you're doing today I hope it nourishes you. & yes, I'd love to spend some time together. Say jump & I'll jump :)

[girl...@gmail.com]

Likewise, amiga! I have to admit, though I knew it was coming, it's a lot harder than I thought it would be. I think that's what this is, but with the election at almost the same time, there's a certain inability to tease out which psychic nerve is torturing me the most. It's still early days, though. I hope the fog will start to lift a little. I've been going over old things . . letters, photographs, emails. It helps a bit to remember some great times.

Your life sounds very similar to mine. Quiet and mostly satisfying. I still have the house in Portland where the rent never goes up. It's like a pair of golden handcuffs : ) Pretty happy at my job, too. It's a lot easier to feel good when all you need is a little sunshine. I remember Los Angeles as being more like a siege of sunshine. An unrelenting glare. Ha ha!

I've ALWAYS wanted to see New Mexico. A long walk and hot spring sound delicious. Maybe I can get my act together one of these days and head out your way!