What great news, Alison, something real positive for the new year. We
can only hope that the healing continues, & it sure seems the will is
there. Thanks for passing it on.
Doug
On 3-Jan-05, at 8:14 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Kari Arnason <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:38:15 +0000
> To: Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: For Árni
>
> Dear Alison,
>
> do excuse me for the late reply.
>
> First of all, thank you all for the poem. Arni sends his thanks and
> best
> wishes to you all, like he said himself, "tell them I said, hello".
>
> Christmas was a good time for the family and Arni was determined to
> stay
> at home on Christmas eve, which is the most important night through out
> the holidays in Iceland. He arrived by ambulance and stayed for a few
> hours while we ate the christmas dinner and opened up the presents, he
> even got a little taste of the broth and the white wine. He was very
> happy to be able to be with his family on this day.
>
> Arni's healing process is steady and his doctor is very impressed with
> his
> determination to get better, moreover his spirit isn't broken which I
> think is quite amazing.
>
> well, more new later,
>
> best wishes and a happy new year,
> Kári
>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
We both know the reason why you called
So stop wastin’ time tryin’ to soften up my fall
I know you wanna sweeten up the taste
But if you don’t mind I’ll just take my sorrow straight
Iris DeMent
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