[Alumni-chat] "Sacred Sea"

[dl bahr]

Hey Duffy:
 
Thank you for the welcome.  We are not staying long but look forward to having our feet on the ground there.  I think this is a very good year to remember Founders Day.  
 
Antiochorexic?  I am not seeing the someone you are referring to but I can see the mirror you are holding up.  I don't see Antioch in the same way but as I muse it does provide an image.  I can certainly understand that the campus is feeling thin skinned/down to the bones and needing nurturing kindness.  There is a willfullness that allows one to survive and a willfulness that can destroy a place.  When an institution looses its balance it can become a distorted place to be--like an anorexic's body and self image.   To say there are no flaws might be continuing a certain mode of denial which does not face history or the facts right in front of you.  It is a delicate and difficult task to heal longitudinal problems that do not have easy fixes.  Denying the problem won't make it go away.  I have always had a healthy appetite--not sure what you do with someone who doesn't want to eat.  It is tough.
 
It doesn't have to be feast or faminine.  It can be good enough.
 
Loving kindness, celebration, seeing the beauty in imperfection and loving our precious body/place on this precious planet need to be manifest in great calories--like a fertile field in the hands of a skilled farmer.
 
Duffy, are we old friends? I barely know you but have enjoyed your posts and remember you fondly.  Your photographic memory of my address whenever I came to OK to sign out books always impressed me. I will stop in and introduce you to my husband or find you to toast the founding of beloved Alma Mater.  If we miss you, Cheers.
 
I also want to apologize if any of my posts have offended you or have felt overly critical.  Cyberspace and distance have both pluses and minuses.  Alumni chatters can be annoying.
 
Sincerely,
Lesley 
 
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:43:16 -0400> Subject: Re: [Alumni-chat] "Sacred Sea"> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> CC: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> From: duffy at antioch-college.edu> > Hey there Lesley......> > am glad you are coming to visit. and hope you enjoy yourself...> Friday...Oct 5th .... .is going to be great Birthday bash weather for> the 155th time Founder"s Day ....> Some years Founder's day goes by unnoticed.......ah how we have> forgotten to celebrate ourselves.> We have been so unkind and forgiving to ourselves for too many> years. I have always felt that we were> like someone looking in the mirror and always seeing flaws when> when we were pretty good-looking all along.> Antiochorexia.!!!!!!! we never think we are good enough. Too> much critical thinking!!> > CG and the Towngroup are planning a forum, a parade, a festival,> cake and an evening cabaret.> > > The weather promises to be mostly sunny and in the mid> eighties...well above normal.....> C'mon home and enjoy the college and YS......> > Next week we may finally have some chillier weather...but first a> few minutes of global warning..> which is also just in time for the Peak Oil Conference which will be> coming to the College ...> > lots of company coming..Peak Oil, BOT and the Alumni Board.... who> needs football?> > Your old friend Duffy '77> > and alums. students and colorful townsfolk> > > > _______________________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing list> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!
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