There are 2 messages totaling 75 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Bonnie Pardoe News (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 22:01:32 -0800 From: Liz the Lucky <lizthelucky@c.......> Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News Retrying this because my first post disappeared. I think I knew something was going on with Bonnie. She didn't say anything after my cat died, and that just wasn't like her. I have a story to tell. My very first War was War III. I knew I was going to play a Merc, and I even arranged for a super-duper wheelchair because that was the only way I would have been able to travel to TO. This was in my first round of what we eventually decided was Wegener's Granulomatosis, and I was on huge, 10x the usual cancer doses of chemo and prednisone. Anyway, I got my first assignment, to break into the Perks mansion. No problem, got in my chair & knocked out the guard geese with sleeping pills stuffed in raisins. Don't remember what the rest of the job was, except it involved picking a lock to get in. So I posted my piece. And was told flat out, it wasn't good enough. It felt like someone had kicked my in the stomach. Thought about mentioning the pred withdrawal related migraines & decided it sounded like an excuse. Thought about sending a note to the War Mistress saying I hereby withdraw from the War. And I would have except... Bonnie saved me. She wrote a 2nd half of my post that filled in the gaps I'd missed. I don't remember many of the details due to chemo-related memory loss, but it was enough to keep me in the War. I think, of all the deaths that hit me hard this year, losing her might be the hardest. (Oh, one more thing. My cat's 'official' name was Nicky-poo. Anyone want to take a gander where that came from. <G>) -- Hugs and Kisses, Bo3ns (I'm keeping this, in memory of her) lizthelucky@c....... https://twitter.com/lizthelucky ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 00:33:21 -0800 From: Anne Jensen <ajensen@w.......> Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News I didn't correspond with Bonnie much, but last year she sent me a note of appreciation on my closing story for the last war, thanking me for the way I wrapped up the Perkulators' storyline when they dropped out in the middle of War 8. She was a wonderful, vital, part of the fandom, and will be missed. In tribute, it seems appropriate to post the last few lines of the story she thanked me for: > "How about a toast to absent friends, then, those who can't be here, and > those who've gone on," Tracy said, raising her glass. Her faction members > raised theirs as well. > > "To absent friends," Teri and Anne chorused, and Anne added, "Forever in our > hearts." > > Forever in *my* heart, Anne "That's not natural snow. I can smell the fanfic fairies," said Tracy. (War XII) ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 3 Dec 2015 to 4 Dec 2015 (#2015-105) *************************************************************
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