Community is an illusive idea especially to those who find themselves unable to join. Fortunately it is full of paradox… A sweet communion of individual differences. There are always those who feel the best way to enter is to send in the storm troopers and create a new order where they can be comfortable. But in a true community it only rallies those who have found shelter and the pleasure of living within relationships.   

Having met most of those Shambles rallies against, and knowing them to be oh so human, and, oh so diverse, this thread leaves me more wistful than angry.   They don't sing the same music or live comparable lives but they are all folks I am proud to be in community with in the real world and the virtual.

Yes, in the real world a non profit of the age and stage of Mudcat should be ripe for take over. But Mudcat is community not corporation. Those who rally loudest are those who have yet to figure out how to open their own doors and join the music. The door here is still open... the songs continue.


Kathy