TheBanyanTree: TheBanyanTree Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1
TLW
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Mon Feb 1 12:19:52 PST 2010
Dee was such a marvelous character and friend. Back when I was
writing in Hollywood, I'd lament to her about having to go to yet
ANOTHER time-sucking pitch meeting full of business men that would
lead nowhere. Dee had the same exhortation:
"Knockers up!"
I remember that, and I tell myself that in distressing circumstances.
Dee will be with me the rest of my life.
Thank you, Dee.
xoxoSidda
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> 1. from today's blog (Monique Colver)
> 2. Sad story (Monique Colver)
> 3. Re: Sad story (PJMoney)
> 4. Re: Sad story (NancyIee at aol.com)
> 5. Re: Sad story (Julie Anna Teague)
> 6. Re: Sad story (Woofie)
> 7. Re: Sad story (Jim Miller)
> 8. Re: Sad story (Roger Pye)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:49:45 -0800
> From: Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: from today's blog
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> Career Longings
>
> Perhaps I watch too much TV, something some of my friends would agree with,
> and some would not. However, it does broaden my horizons, because, in the
> normal course of events, accountants sit around and listen to stories from
> others and don?t do much exciting on their own. This is because we?ve
> evaluated the cost benefit ratios and have found that we?re safer not
> jumping off cliffs or going on safaris.
>
> For the most part.
>
> However, by watching entirely too much TV (which despite its opponents is
> still a fabulous way to zone out when I want to, well, zone out and stop
> thinking in terms of numbers) I have decided that my next career will be as
> a spy. Most people have several careers during their lifetime, at least
> these days, since multiple layoffs tend to drive people not only to
> distraction, but also to another line of work, and so I?m not counting
> myself out on this phenomenon.
>
> And what better career than spy? I meet all the requirements (based on my
> extensive TV watching), and can, under the right circumstances, look
> presentable in evening clothes. Of course, I won?t look fabulous in evening
> clothes or anything else, but if you ask me, that?s even better. Who will
> the enemy spies suspect first? The enticing blonde in the tight dress with a
> with the high heels and clear skin who makes every other woman consider
> plastic surgery, if they hadn?t already, or the middle-aged slightly
> overweight woman in the flat shoes (all the better to run with) standing off
> in a corner while everyone looks at the blonde?
>
> Right.
>
> No one?s going to notice me in a crowd, which is a positive attribute for a
> spy, and since spies frequent embassy and high level political events, this
> is a good thing.
>
> Then there?s my martial arts skills, which are pretty much nonexistent,
> though I did have enough Aikido lessons to learn how to fall without hurting
> myself which is, I think, very useful. And if hard pressed, I could even
> fall on the enemy spy. I plan to avoid this scenario altogether though by
> being armed. I did learn how to disassemble, shoot, and reassemble an M-16
> in the service, though I?m fairly certain that spies don?t carry M-16?s, so
> I may have to fine tune my shooting abilities.
>
> I?m fairly good with computers, though my ability to discern passwords from
> a lucky guess also needs a bit of work. However, I do have a cute little red
> USB flash drive I carry around with me. I did leave it at a client?s the
> other day, but since there currently aren?t any secrets vital to the US
> government I don?t think that?s a problem.
>
> I don?t know any foreign languages, despite my years of studies. They just
> didn?t take. Who?s going to suspect a middle-aged American woman with no
> communication abilities of being a spy?
>
> Exactly. I?m so perfect for this I?m surprised no one?s come to recruit me
> yet.
>
> There are one or two problems. I?m used to being self-employed, and I really
> like to make my own rules. This means I?ll need to be a freelance spy. While
> I have no problem with that, I am wondering about the marketing aspect. My
> experience with marketing my business has been that it takes talking to a
> lot of people and telling everyone I meet what I do and how I can help them.
> I have a few doubts about building my spy career by telling everyone I meet
> that I?m a spy. Isn?t that counterproductive? ?Hi, I?m Monique, and I?m a
> spy. Tell your friends and family!? Who?s going to trust a spy like that? Do
> I put anonymous ads on Craigslist? Looking for work ads in the local paper,
> which isn?t conducive to being an international spy, is it? Maybe an ad in
> the International Herald Tribune?
>
> Then there?s the matter of continuing education, or perhaps basic education
> in the spy business. I?m not sure I want to go back to school, unless it?s
> online and I can do it on my laptop while sitting on my couch. However, my
> online searches for spy schools haven?t turned up anything.
>
> Do spies have a professional organization? What are the dues? Do they have
> annual conventions?
>
> Minor issues these. I?m sure it?ll all work out. Maybe I need a mentor spy.
>
> Since I?d be a somewhat unconventional spy (older and nondescript, blending
> into the background, sleeping in), I think I?d be marketable. The spy no one
> would suspect. I can even fake a pretty good blank facial expression, the
> kind you see on the faces of those who are perennially lost and have no idea
> what they?re doing, or why. I use this expression a lot, usually without
> even trying. At the same time, I?m noticing everything around me, every
> speck of dust, every twitch of the eyes, every sneer. And how would you know
> I?m not noticing? My blank expression gives nothing away.
>
> And who would I tell? I mean, other than my blog, which no one reads anyway.
> Oh yes, I?m going to blog about being a spy. This is a much underutilized
> forum for spies to talk about their experiences. I?ll blog from Istanbul,
> Krakow, the Kremlin, and Freedom, Maine, so that you too can find out about
> the life of a real life spy. I?m sure it?s just as glamorous as it is on TV
> and in the movies, and I?ll be right there, on the front lines, telling you
> all about it.
>
> As soon as tax season is over. I?m sort of busy until then.
>
> --
> Monique Colver
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:21:08 -0800
> From: Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID:
> <3567063e1001312221m12e2a044o5e3119524564c355 at mail.gmail.com>
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> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>
> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>
> Her last blog post can be found here:
> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>
> --
> Monique Colver
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:59:20 +0930
> From: "PJMoney" <pmon3694 at bigpond.net.au>
> To: "'A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your
> own*original* writings. '" <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
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>
> I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again. Dee had a sig file
> that struck me so deeply that the gist of it has stuck with me even if the
> proper wording hasn't.
>
> "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"
>
> Exactly so! I quoted it to someone only a week or so ago.
>
> She enriched my life and it was lovely to find her popping up in the Tree
> every so often. I'm very sorry that she's gone. Too bad for all of us.
>
> Janice
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com [mailto:thebanyantree-
>> bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique Colver
>> Sent: Monday, 1 February 2010 3:51 PM
>> To: The Banyan Tree
>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>>
>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>
>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>
>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>> --
>> Monique Colver
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:15:58 EST
> From: NancyIee at aol.com
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID: <2c4b.7892208a.38982e0e at aol.com>
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>
> I, too, will miss Dee's wisdom and subtle humor. She always had a firm
> anchor on Life, even if it sometimes gave her a good spin. She passed that
> all on to us who read her messages, I know. I suppose she went on to watch
> over her Stew.
>
> NancyLee
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:25:57 -0500
> From: Julie Anna Teague <jateague at indiana.edu>
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID: <20100201082557.ku2cnrofkss8w8w4 at webmail.iu.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed"
>
> Quoting Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>:
>
>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>
>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>
>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>
> I'm sitting here at work reading this. I need to find a quiet place to
> be by myself in this stupid beehive of an office. Our dear dee. She
> will leave a much bigger hole than her tiny self.
>
> Julie
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:18:50 +0800
> From: Woofie <woofie at woofess.com>
> To: "A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> *original* writings. " <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID: <266269362.20100201221850 at woofess.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> Hello Julie,
>
> What????????????????????????!!! Dee?!
> I just got this mail, but no other mails about Dee:(
> W:(
>
> Monday, February 1, 2010, 9:25:57 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Quoting Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>:
>
>>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>>
>>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>>
>>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>
>> I'm sitting here at work reading this. I need to find a quiet place to
>> be by myself in this stupid beehive of an office. Our dear dee. She
>> will leave a much bigger hole than her tiny self.
>
>> Julie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Woofie mailto:woofie at woofess.com
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:38:31 -0800
> From: "Jim Miller" <jim at maze.cc>
> To: "'A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> *original* writings. '" <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID: <06f201caa35c$fe0c2d10$fa248730$@cc>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> I join Julie in finding a quiet place. In her way and at just the right
> time, Dee touched me deeply. I think of her often and will miss her
> immensely.
>
> A few years back, as Linda and I were passing through Bandon, Dee insisted
> that we spend the night in her home on the lake. We talked and talked and of
> course had coffee. Linda went to bed as Dee and I talked well into the night
> . . . discussing many of you.
>
> Dee had a large collection of telephone line insulators varying in color and
> style. Before leaving in the morning, she gave me a perfect one. I cherish
> it and the lovely lady who gave it value.
>
> Oh wow . . . . the memories going back to early Spoon days are flooding over
> me.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com
> [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique Colver
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:21 PM
> To: The Banyan Tree
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>
> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>
> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>
> Her last blog post can be found here:
> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>
> --
> Monique Colver
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:26:02 +1100
> From: Roger Pye <pyewood at pcug.org.au>
> To: The Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
> Message-ID: <4B672ACA.9000306 at pcug.org.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Dee welcomed Robin and I into her life as though we lived next door
> instead of thousands of kms away. We will both miss her and her quiet
> wisdom.
>
> roger
>
> Jim Miller wrote:
>> I join Julie in finding a quiet place. In her way and at just the right
>> time, Dee touched me deeply. I think of her often and will miss her
>> immensely.
>>
>> A few years back, as Linda and I were passing through Bandon, Dee insisted
>> that we spend the night in her home on the lake. We talked and talked and
>> of
>> course had coffee. Linda went to bed as Dee and I talked well into the
>> night
>> . . . discussing many of you.
>>
>> Dee had a large collection of telephone line insulators varying in color
>> and
>> style. Before leaving in the morning, she gave me a perfect one. I cherish
>> it and the lovely lady who gave it value.
>>
>> Oh wow . . . . the memories going back to early Spoon days are flooding
>> over
>> me.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com
>> [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Monique
>> Colver
>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:21 PM
>> To: The Banyan Tree
>> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Sad story
>>
>> A short story for a very sad occasion. Dee Churchill, long a favorite and
>> much loved member of our Tree, passed away in her sleep last night.
>>
>> I don't know what else to say, but I miss her already.
>>
>> Her last blog post can be found here:
>> http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-coffee-mates.html
>>
>
>
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