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

[Bob Leigh (bobleigh]

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
>
>
>
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