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> The other part being we (Texas) is chock full of nuts who will not be happy
> until the entire world looks, acts and thinks exactly the way they do.

I would, were I interested in the application process, qualify for membership
in Daughters of the Republic of Texas. (I could also slit my wrists, but I
won't.) I had ("have," were I interested in remembering), relatives who
never did figure out that northern New Mexico was NORTH of them, not south,
and that we never DID go "back down to Mexico" when we left after visiting
them. (The cheery and recurring question "When are ya'll going back down to
Mexico?" was courteously NEVER answered with "not soon enough.")

Yet still, some of my best friends are Texans (though they have moved "down"
to northern New Mexico), and I have defended President Bush for saying
"terra" (for "terror") because well I know the man has to look at hisself in
the mirra ever' moornin', and being president is hard enough without people
picking on his regional accent.

Sandra LYNN, formerly of FORT Worth, in the possum, cottonmouth and
crawdad-infested 1950's backwaters of Benbrook Lake






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--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., SandraDodd@a... wrote:

> Sandra LYNN, formerly of FORT Worth, in the possum, cottonmouth and
crawdad-infested 1950's backwaters of Benbrook Lake

Alright then ~ if your *from* here, you can say whatever truths about
us (TX) you will...

:) Aimee


>
>
> > The other part being we (Texas) is chock full of nuts who will
not be happy
> > until the entire world looks, acts and thinks exactly the way
they do.
>
> I would, were I interested in the application process, qualify for
membership
> in Daughters of the Republic of Texas. (I could also slit my
wrists, but I
> won't.) I had ("have," were I interested in remembering),
relatives who
> never did figure out that northern New Mexico was NORTH of them,
not south,
> and that we never DID go "back down to Mexico" when we left after
visiting
> them. (The cheery and recurring question "When are ya'll going
back down to
> Mexico?" was courteously NEVER answered with "not soon enough.")
>
> Yet still, some of my best friends are Texans (though they have
moved "down"
> to northern New Mexico), and I have defended President Bush for
saying
> "terra" (for "terror") because well I know the man has to look at
hisself in
> the mirra ever' moornin', and being president is hard enough
without people
> picking on his regional accent.
>
> Sandra LYNN, formerly of FORT Worth, in the possum, cottonmouth and
> crawdad-infested 1950's backwaters of Benbrook Lake
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<< Alright then ~ if your *from* here, you can say whatever truths about
us (TX) you will... >>

I was born in Georgia (a fluke; my parents were living in South Carolina
where my dad was on a temp job, building a nuclear something in Aiken).

We moved to New Mexico the summer I turned seven, but visited the
grandparents at least once a year, in Fort Worth and Rotan. All are gone
now, and my obligation to visit Texas has ceased, but I'll be there next
Labor Day, at an experimental sort of conference--the successor of the
MindFull conferences. It's still MindFull but is being organized differently
for this next time.

Sandra

Rachel Wolfe Ravenhart

*LOL* Sandra, I grew up near the Savannah River Plant (the nuclear thing
in Aiken). Hmmm, that may explain some things about me...

Rachel

SandraDodd@... wrote:

>
> << Alright then ~ if your *from* here, you can say whatever truths
> about
> us (TX) you will... >>
>
> I was born in Georgia (a fluke; my parents were living in South
> Carolina
> where my dad was on a temp job, building a nuclear something in
> Aiken).
>


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--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., SandraDodd@a... wrote:
> my obligation to visit Texas has ceased, but I'll be there next
> Labor Day, at an experimental sort of conference--the successor of the
> MindFull conferences. It's still MindFull but is being organized differently
> for this next time.

Can you tell us more about that, Sandra? I've always wanted to attend
the MindFull conference - never got to - and was bummed when they quit
doing it. You mean it's back again?

Sally, delurking out of sheer curiosity

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> I've always wanted to attend
> the MindFull conference - never got to - and was bummed when they quit
> doing it. You mean it's back again?
>

Kind of.
There's no fee, and no speakers are being comped or paid.
The requirement to attend is to commit to spend two nights in the hotel. The
hotel is providing conference rooms in exchange for the commitment of rooms,
and a discount (still not cheap) rate for a Saturday banquet-style dinner.
The rooms are $80 a night or so and you can pack in (they're not charging
more per person).

I'm taking my kids and two extras.

It seems to be working by word of mouth. Those who would like to be added to
the mailing list should write to me on the side and I'll forward the names.
I'm not sure what/how they intend to get the word out from this point. After
they had fifty families commit (invited from former conference attendees),
they committed to a date.

Labor Day, September 2002, Fort Worth
(This is an experimental co-operative MindFull conference.)

(It's at a new hotel in Fort Worth, just opened lately and so it will be one
year old next fall!)

Sandra




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