Cohousing-L Mailing List: A Few Words About Alice ...

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

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