future perfect

hey y'all, time for another update.  didn't get to run my long distance on saturday because i was prepping for my day of travel (flight to palm springs with brief layover in san fran... AND i'm checking luggage for what i think is the first time ever... please oh please arrive with me...) and the obligatory Freak Out that i'm going to TED@PalmSprings.  i'll be blogging from there too, www.greyatted.com. you will not get to hear about me getting out-of-breath and kicking butt on the treadmill at that blog, but it will still be a fun read, i hope.  

and now (drumroll please) it's time again for shout-outs.  ok, get this.  john cooper, my music prof from college in maine, sent in a donation while on sabbatical.  of all the things one is not obliged to do while away from school is think about students he had a dozen years ago and support their endeavors.  he kinda supported me a lot already, ya know?  awesome then, awesome now.

next: clare anderson i used to babysit you!  you're so grown up now- so very grown up (it was very cool to hang out with you in nyc when you visited and we went to see the Cangelosi Cards play their jazz music...). so very grown up i felt a tad old that plus x years since i 'sat for you means that you and i both are plus x years older.  thank you for your contrib.  that's very cool of you.

lastly and largely, john anderson, for sending my blagging email to the college of the atlantic community.  that had some results, didn't it?  it was unnecessarily great of you to send it forward...

also, a thank you to cora rose lewicki for taking care of my apt while i travel.  and for promising to help a little with the fundraising.  we rock stars gotta stick together...

one two three and off i go to train from the desert for a little while.

as ever, thank you for helping so much i can't even thank you all enough.

blessings,

chel

Shout Outs

I think some shout-outs are a good thing to do here. If you make a donation and would NOT like me to crow from the roof-tops about you, let me know and I'll keep your gifts on the down-low between you and me.

If, however, you don't mind me sharing the love, I'd love to love you out loud. So, I have to say:

• Thanks Mom & Pop for the first 1%. That's a great way to kick things off. I like your math.
  
• Thanks also to John Anderson, college prof/mentor/right-up-there-with-parents (what-with all the knowledge and guidance since our first debate on campus __ years ago).
• Thanks to Aunt Barb & Uncle Mark whose presents of Xmas '07 & Bday '08 have been allocated to the cause. I put that money there by check, so it's taking a little longer to show up on the tally.