Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:31 PM

Oops, here's the clicky. http://www.rifuture.org/ripda-new-speaker/

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:28 PM

The article I saw in the New York Times pointed the finger at Republican governors.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:08 PM

Rhode Island has no new budget. As of July 1, we are continuing to use the old one. RI is almost completely run by Democrats, including the state's speaker of the house who had his own Trump-like temper tantrum. Here's a progressive blogger's opinion. http://www.rifuture.org/ripda-new-speaker/

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 10:45 AM

do they have the same deep divisions as in Washington? or is there another reason?

sandra (with apologies for this brief excursion off topic)

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Jul 17 - 08:54 PM

I understand that 11 haven't passed a budget for the budget year starting July 1. The budgets for some simply haven't yet been signed by the Governor. Seems like there was a LOT of overestimation of what the states thought they'd take in....

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 11:32 PM

great news fro Pat.

Are any other states in similar trouble, Rap?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 11:23 PM

We are back from Seattle and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance said that Pat only need take anastrozole (spelling?) for five to seven years. NO radiation. NO chemotherapy. AND the SCCA is "patient sharing" her with the cancer center here. To put it mildly, YIPPEE!!!

For you in the UK, also take a look at the state of Illinois.... Universities there are in danger of losing accreditation, the folks who manage the lotteries are pulling out, debts are unpaid, and the state debt only gets larger. No budget for 2+ years....

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 10:41 AM

r1... sad stuff. I hope it gets sorted soon. I hope you saw my FB thread about softwood lumber and noted my quote about Irving changing the bill set aside in your legislature before closing session for the summer. All of the people in Maine need to be educated about, and to beware of, Irving. Already the largest private landowner in Maine (BTW, on earth), they will crawl right up your

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 09:28 AM

The governor and the legislature couldn't agree on a budget by the end of the fiscal year (midnight last night) and the governor shut down the government. Only "essential" personnel are working until further notice. State police, corrections, warden service, fire marshal's office, psychiatric hospitals, and state parks. We're only essential in parks because it's the middle of summer, a holiday weekend, and public opinion, and we're running the parks with far too few people. I did get deemed essential, along with two other people, but two other members of my crew did not. It's a mess. This news report is pretty accurate: Maine government shutdown

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 06:07 AM

Ranger1, what on earth is happening in Maine? We get all the 'TrumpStuff' in the UK, but this has slipped under the radar. Sounds pretty desperate.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 30 Jun 17 - 07:15 PM

sending good wishes & hugs

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 30 Jun 17 - 03:48 PM

Waiting to hear whether Maine State government passes the budget or shuts down and whether I'm considered "essential personnel".

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 28 Jun 17 - 04:59 AM

Refresh.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 27 Jun 17 - 07:56 AM

Echoing gnu & ChanteyLass...best wishes to all. 'Those who would do us harm' seem to be able to strike as & when they choose, so do whatever you can to stay safe, remain vigilant on your travels but keep on keeping on. Edmund Burke's quotation was never more appropriate:

          "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 03:14 PM

What gnu said!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 02:10 PM

Great news, Rap!

Glad to hear things are pretty good, Pete.

My best to all.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 11:03 AM

That's good to hear Rapparee. I hope any reservations about the designated doctor share have no negative effect on medical care.                                                                  Tommy has been in hospital again, but it wasn't too serious and only 6 days. I must confess to feeling a bit stressed lately with the kids . Got quite a cough and not feeling as well as I could , and I have to remind myself that I have very little to complain about !. But tommy goes into respite for a few days next week , so perhaps I shall be more refreshed after !

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 10:36 AM

YAH!!!!!! loud cheers & happy dance ...

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 08:56 PM

We're back from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Good news! No radiation, no chemotherapy! Pat has to take an aromatase inhibitor for five to ten years, but the side effects of that are known and can be dealt with! She's already set up an appointment here for Monday, and SCCA will be "patient-sharing" with a doctor here (who she really, really doesn't care for) on here treatment. The best outcome would have been that nothing at all need by done, but we'll take this!

I hope that the outcomes for all are at least as good as ours.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 05:38 PM

Thanks, Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 12:41 PM

Pat's words, taken from a PM. The full PM remains tucked in my wallet & accompanies me everywhere I go:
                           
                         "...Words cannot explain how important this thread has become to me and many others. Your terrible struggle shared by Ann and of course the rocky road your precious Jane traveled became a touchstone for me and I felt a closeness to all of you and our fellow travelers aboard the Rainbow. We have so many here that offer so much of themselves it has buoyed my spirits and my sense of friendship in a way I would never have believed possible in the cyber world. To this my contribution always felt so small and the only tools I have in hand are a sincere empathy for my friends and a strange, warped' and often too quick, sense of humor. I live with the words of two men always in mind:

There is only what is. What should be never existed......Lenny Bruce

If I laugh at any mortal thing, tis that I may not weep......Lord Byron..."

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 10:15 AM

I commend you all for being who you are, that takes a giant step beyond what you do.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 08:30 AM

the wit & wisdom of spaw -29362 messages from 1998 to 2014

his final post was on on this thread 29 May 2014


    WOW......First to Wendy with my thanks for such a wonderful post.

    AND SINS!!!!! Simply unbelievable is all I can say but I do have some inkling of how you feel. May the feeling hold and get even better.

    Bottom dropped out for me the day after I posted but we're coming back. Not sure where the problem is, whether I lost the balance or the daccogen has some strange twists to it.....Whatever it is I got a couple of pints and and we're going along fine.

    NEED GOOD AND GOODER THOUGHTs FOR OLD DUDE !!!!

    Dan is going in Friday for a single bypass surgery. I would have hoped the Robotic surgeries would have been everywhere by now but they will be cracking his chest which takes some recovery time. Stint doesn't do it so....Let's all send some good vibes to St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania for our old friend. I love this guy a lot and I know you do too.


    Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 06:35 AM

Treasured memories of Pat Patterson, 'Catspaw', who slipped over the side, 20th June. Pat's PMs would make a great 'Life Guide'...The World according to Pat Patterson.
                                                    With Love,
                                                                     Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Mysha
Date: 04 Jun 17 - 10:00 PM

Working the sheets for a bit.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 May 17 - 12:11 AM

Ah! Sounds like a good plan.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 19 May 17 - 07:26 PM

Sweet dreams... to all.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 19 May 17 - 11:54 AM

Thank you for your good wishes, all passed on to Ann. 'Birthday Bash' was something of a misnomer. Once Ann has worked her way through the 'six hours behind', we'll probably go to Tomassi's in Southend-on-Sea for a leisurely lunch. Good mains & more homemade, Italian ice-cream for desert than you've ever dreamed of! She's currently unpacking...it's 16:50 our time. I think she might just make it to supper, plus an extra hour or so & then, in the words of my Dear Departed Grandmother: "Up the wooden stairs to bedfordshire".
                                          Much Love to all,
                                                                     Nigel & Ann.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: billybob
Date: 19 May 17 - 07:54 AM

Welcome home and Happy Birthday Ann xxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 18 May 17 - 08:32 PM

Um, Nigel, will the bash before or after Ann recovers from jet lag?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 May 17 - 10:50 AM

welcome home happies from me! enjoy your celebration, Ann

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 17 - 08:25 AM

Say Happies Atchya for me. Partaaaay!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 18 May 17 - 05:42 AM

Ann returns home from TX tomorrow...suddenly a month is transformed into a few hours. She celebrated her birthday whilst she was away, so we're going to have a 'welcome home birthday bash' as well.
                     Love to All,
                                       Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 15 May 17 - 05:33 AM

A gentle upwards nudge. Greetings from London,
                                                                               Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Mysha
Date: 07 May 17 - 04:38 AM

Hi,

Thanks ChanteyLass. With New Moon being during the day and me working in a school there's fairly good coverage where that is concerned. (-:

Oh: "who doesn't look funny" should probably be read as "who doesn't give me funny looks". I'm rarely talking with clowns or mimes about things like this.

Bye,
                                                                Mysha

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 May 17 - 06:46 PM

Mysha, I'm glad your colleague was with you and able to help. May you always be with such a person when a new moon arrives!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Mysha
Date: 05 May 17 - 04:16 PM

Hi,

Yes, I guess they are panic attacks of a kind, as people with Asperger syndrome are indeed supposed to get. But since by now I know what causes them, I can mostly handle them.

E.g., I just found that something in my shopping bag had leaked a bit. On 27 days of the moon I'd wipe every item as I take it out of the bag (regardless of whether it needs it), and throw the bag in the laundry. At Full Moon, I'm likely to take a more active solution, like moving the contents of all items to other containers, so I can dump all the packaging immediately. At New Moon, I may leave the shopping bag as being impossible. (The next day, I'll rescue what I can.)

I did look into this one, but it's hard enough to find someone who doesn't look funny when I say the Full Moon influences my daily cycle. If I were to say those panic attacks Asperger literature talks about are actually New Moon-related, the reaction might for me be hard to cope with.

Anyway, not to worry: It's only once or twice a year that I notice it's New Moon from the scare I'm having, and this was a bad one, as such scares go. But thanks for the advice.

Bye
                                                               Mysha

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 May 17 - 08:41 AM

Mysha, panic attacks (which is what this sounds like) can be minimized or alleviated. See a good psychologist, preferably one trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy or Prolonged Exposure Therapy -- both work.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 May 17 - 05:32 PM

Mysha, that sounds more than a little bit post-traumatic, that incident.
Good thing someone was with you.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 May 17 - 08:53 AM

In binary, Tommy is 00010010 years old. Over 10,010!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Mysha
Date: 30 Apr 17 - 05:43 PM

Hi,

Thanks, keberoxu. I think the wry wit scares some people, so, I'm happy to see it's also appreciated in some way.

I actually had one of the worst New Moon scares since years this week. Nothing medical, though: Suddenly all this clearing the house seemed completely impossible. Fortunately, one of my colleagues from work was in the house with me and she helped me stay active, though it was very confusing. All good again the next day. (-: I often wonder how other people feel a New Moon. Are any of you more panicky when it's New Moon? (Or vv., mm..)

And congratulate Tommy with his 940th septimanaversary. Or was that yesterday? I get confused with the time-zones, sometimes.

Bye,
                                                                Mysha

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Apr 17 - 10:23 AM

I, too, have been away from Mudcat for longer than usual. Belated birthday wishes to Tommy.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 27 Apr 17 - 01:55 PM

Just seen the news on the chemotherapy thread looking very encouraging too .

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 26 Apr 17 - 06:16 PM

Haven't been on Mudcat for longer than usual, and just catching up. Happy Birthday to Tommy. Go Pat! Go Rap!

Many good wishes for all.

maeve, you and TL doing OK?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Apr 17 - 09:11 PM

Go for it, Tommy!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Apr 17 - 08:00 PM

Just want to say, Mysha, nice to hear your wry wit in your posts. Hope you are feeling stronger and less of what one wise priest once called "the oceanic ache" inside. Keep on keeping on.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 25 Apr 17 - 09:09 AM

& from me, too.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 25 Apr 17 - 07:44 AM

A landmark birthday for Tommy in more ways than one. Love & congratulations from Nigel & Ann

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: billybob
Date: 25 Apr 17 - 07:13 AM

Wishing Tommy a very happy 18th Birthday

Wendy xxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 24 Apr 17 - 12:07 PM

Pete.... wonderful.