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Thanks Ted for the reminder. Donation sent. On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM, tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote: > Hello all. > This coming Sunday, 19 June 2011, will be the one-year anniversary of the > tragic accident that took Loopers' Delight founder, Kim Flint, from us. > While many LD subscribers may never have met or known him, if they > appreciate this community and what it provides them, it's very existence > is > owed to Kim's vision in starting it in 1996. > Some of us did indeed known him (some even from that early beginning in > '96) > and continue to miss him. > But none of us can possibly miss him more than his life partner, Violet > Hefner: <violet@missviolet.com> > At LD we enjoy membership with no fees or strings attached, and our > freedom > to take the conversation anywhere we want has enjoyed a history of Kim's > light, almost nonexistent, touch as a moderator. > Loopers' Delight has kept going with hardly a blip, because Violet wants > it > that way, and to a number of us it seems the most fitting way to keep > Kim's > memory and vision alive. > I don't know about the rest of you, but I think sometime this week would > be > a good time to post something to Vi, if you know her and feel up to it. > Or, as an alternative, post something on the "Remembering Kim Flint" > FaceBook page: > <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140053582674656&v=wall> > When it comes to grief and loss, the first anniversary is frequently one > of > the hardest times of all. > I suggest that those of us who feel "called" to do so, let her "feel the > love" as they say by acting on that call. > Or if nothing else (or perhaps in addition to that), make some sort of > donation to the operating costs of Loopers' Delight (in memory of Kim) > at: > <http://www.loopers-delight.com/loop.html> > Vi has been keeping a blog concerning her loss and subequent grief that I > think is really quite poignant at: <http://violetalone.com/> > If you feel an urge or a stiring of any sort in that direction, I think > this > coming week would be a good time to do something about it. > In memory of Kim . . . cheers! > Ted Killian -- Art Simon simart@gmail.com myspace [dot] com/artsimon