Re: A Few Words About Alice ... | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Bob Leigh (bobleightwomeeps.com) | |
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 09:31:12 -0700 (PDT) |
Thank you very much, Ann, for being a good sport about what I did next. On Saturday afternoon I gave Ann a shirt with this slogan on the front: -- WARNING -- I have a vocabulary in excess of 75,000 words, and I'm not afraid to use it! I'm not sure which of us was laughing harder. (Here's a photo of a similar one: http://www.instantattitudes.com/shirts/t013.html) Bob Leigh Cornerstone Village Cohousing Cambridge, MA On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > > Hello all — > > Unless you’ve been living on an island with no internet service, you know > that Alice Alexander, current Ex. Director of CohoUS is … retiring. > > Ii was asked to “say a few words” about Alice at the lunch on Saturday. > Alice didn’t want any kind of a fuss. Just a few words … > > Well. > > Heh. Heh. > > It’s impossible to say just “a few words” about Alice. > > Herewith are the words I used — if you read vertically down the page you > will see the first letter of each word easily spells out Alice Alexander. > > Awesome — inspiring awe, admiration or wonder > > Likeable — readily or easily liked; pleasing > > Ingenious — inventiveness and skill > > Creative — originality of thought/expression > > Extraordinary — beyond what is usual or ordinary > > > > Abounding — existing in abundance. Too much Alice is never enough. > > Laudable — praiseworthy, commendable > > Enjoyable — giving or capable of giving joy > > Xenodochial — friendly to strangers > > Amiable — having good natured personal qualities; affable > > Noetic — requiring the use of the mind > > Deliberate — carefully weighed or considered, studied, intentional, > > Empowering — to enable > > Resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion > > Wherever you go, Alice, be blessed, prosperous and healthy. > > With love and admiration, > > Ann Zabaldo, Takoma Village Cohousing; Mid Atlantic Cohousing > > > > And here are all the other words I thought about using — still not enough > to get to the true essence of Alice. > > > Astounding > spectacular > wondrous > miraculous > impressive > kind > nitid > considerate > friendly > hospitable > generous > unflappable > good humored > cooperative > sympathetic > charming > genial > agreeable > insightful > kind > empathetic > reliable > > > Best -- > > Ann Zabaldo > Takoma Village Cohousing > Washington, DC > Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC > Falls Church, VA > 202.546.4654 > > As long as you have two or fewer … your ducks are always in a row. The > Covert Comic > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
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A Few Words About Alice ... Ann Zabaldo, May 21 2017
- Re: A Few Words About Alice ... Alice Alexander, May 22 2017
- Re: A Few Words About Alice ... Bob Leigh, May 22 2017
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A Few Words About Alice ... Fran Hart, May 25 2017
- Re: A Few Words About Alice ... Alice Alexander, May 26 2017
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