TheBanyanTree: Cecil

[Roger Pye]

I joined Spoon in 97. The Cafe was never such for me, it was more like an oldfashioned 
saloon from the wild wild western days which modernday historians say never existed. Well, 
I've got news for them, believe me. I walked through the batwing doors a lot during those 
first years on the internet highway and, more often than not, down the end of the room 
leaning on the polished surface of the bar there would be Dee's Tall Texan, stetson pushed 
back to reveal a face most often with a grin on it.

In those days I was a woodworker and a storyteller, today I'm a healer and a storyteller 
and being so I can do and am doing a little for him in his hour of need just as I'm sure 
he would do for me if he had the opportunity. God bless you and guide your footsteps 
Cecil, what a wonderful man you are.

woodcat



Dee Churchill wrote:
> There's just something about Texans, isn't there? Thanks to the magic of
> Internet mailing lists, I've come to know several and they are, without
> exception, an exceptional breed. There is one in particular, though, who
> holds a special place in my Family of the Heart and that would be Cecil
> Talley.
> 
> It seems as though I've known Cees forever and, from the beginning, his
> friendship has been as comfortable and durable as a favorite pair of cowboy
> boots. An inveterate gentleman with a rascally sense of humor, I've never
> known Cees to be anything but kind and loyal. As he will assure you, a Texan
> never lies. And he doesn't. But he can sure tell some wonderful tall tales.
> 
> Cees took to the Internet like a hound dog with a pork chop, always learning
> new stuff and trying it out on the rest of us. Part of the appeal of this
> kind of communication was the fact that his hearing loss didn't hamper him
> on a computer screen. Part of it was his curiosity about the world and
> computer technology. Most of it, though, was because he just naturally likes
> people and this was a great way to mix and mingle and stretch those little
> gray cells.
> 
> The neat thing about Cees is that his affection for his friends is totally
> genuine. He doesn't ask about you or your family because it's the polite
> thing to do. He asks because he really cares and wants to know. The
> generosity of spirit that spills out of his big Texan heart is awesome at
> times. Need a hug or a chuckle? He's got one for you. Need moral support or
> a new perspective on a problem? Cees is your man -- and he doesn't get upset
> if you say "Thanks but no thanks," because he doesn't try to foist his way
> on you.
> 
> Okay, maybe he occasionally foists just a little bit, in a very gentle way.
> Like when my old digicam died and he insisted on giving me his, which was a
> cool step up in the digicam universe. Every time I pick that camera up,
> seriously, I send a happy thought to Cees. I'm not the only one he's blessed
> that way but he never brags on himself. That's why the rest of us have to
> tattle on him.
> 
> Like Texans, I never lie either -- although I've been known to be creative
> with the truth. This, however, is the plain, unvarnished bottom line -- I
> love Cecil Talley. Indeed I do. Here's huggin' on ya, Cees!
> 
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