By this decade nearly every local
friend has moved out of the West Palm Beach area, making the isolation much more
difficult to deal with again. When you can't do things with people or talk for
extended periods of time (or even get yourself out of the house much due to
continued dizziness), it's hard to do what came so easily before the illness.
Wonderful people appear on the internet, however, and as our heroine improves, her
poetry is published more widely and she even finishes five books with her friend
Joe (pictured on the last page). Without his untiring help and friendship this
would never have been possible.
Below are photos of some of the
internet friends she's been in contact with the most. The larger photos are in
thumbnail form. Just click and you'll see the large one! The ones of Jon and
Scott are already as big as they'll go.
Geoff
Sanderson
Now
(he would never forgive me for not showing off those younger hiking
legs:-) Geoff is from Yorkshire, England. He's a wonderful photographer,
a fantastic friend..as is his wife... and teases me mercilessly)
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S.A.
Griffin
A.D. Winans
(both of these men are extraordinary poets and incredible friends)
And among the best news of 2007,
she sees cousins after many years!
Bonneau, Pris, Sam
(This is the first time I've met Bonneau, Sam's brother, my second cousin,
on my mother's side. His father and my mother were first cousins.
Sam and Bonneau were on their way from Atlanta to Sam's
second house in Key West. December 07. Because mother was next to
youngest of six sibs and had me late, I'm closer in age to second
cousins then first. Two first cousins, 20 and 18 years older, died this
decade of heart failure)
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Carter
Monroe
Jon Bohrn
(Carter and I have known each other almost this entire decade, as have
Jon and I. Again, two wonderful poets and generous human beings. I adore
them both)
Scott Owens
(Scott is a new friend and excellent poet. Our approach to poetry
is sympatico and I've enjoyed finding someone to work poems with,
someone who 'gets' what I'm trying to do. Thanks again, Scott. The orbit
circles)
Lisa is my second cousin on my
father's side. Nichole is her daughter.This is the first time I've seen
either since 1990. A wonderful visit, even though only an hour. Dec 07
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I don't have current photos of all the following friends, but the five of us,
with CFIDS (soon, hopefully to be renamed ME/CFS), have shared joint email for
almost this entire decade, encouraging each other when times were rough,
laughing at the high spots, and providing much needed information on the
progress of CFIDS in the medical community. Thank you all, sweet gals...Tina
White, AJ Wildhauer, Nancy Hensen, and Pat Ricci. You're the best! I can
only find a photo of Pat and Nancy.
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