In a message dated 11/10/01 8:02:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time, AMXROADS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << From: "Carolyn McDaniel" <cmacdee@teleport.com> Subject: [AMXROADS] Apology Dear Cousins, I must apologize to you for the messages over the last several days. Today I have settled with my landlord, and my brain is working better. I feel that folkart, folklore, and follkways are intimately connected to our historical pursuits. I love Wendell Berry's poetry, and as I said, admire him for his convictions. His words soothe my soul, and I believe that fostering community requires passing on American writers, (and artists) their connection to their own particular landscape, and their connection to our ancestors' homelands and landscapes. I had hoped that you too might find connection in this type of exchance, >> Carolyn: This is YOUR list and you can do what ever you please and/or post what ever you please. There are lists that do not want what you post to the list in way of 'folkart, folklore, and follkways ', I truly feel sorry for the list members as they loose out on much of what you mentioned in your Apology post. I for one say Go girl Go and let the chips fall where they will. If someone does not agree with you that is not your fault it is theirs for not being able to sift out past from present. What was fought for in any of our previous wars is now history and history repeats its self often. Persons have the privelage of posting their opinion but they do not have to get angry to do that. I for one feel you are doing a #1 job in what you are helping this list do. If someone feels they want to have extra words with you they can do that privately. Otherwise keep the scarcasunm out of postings. I print out all postings for a special note book on each list so that future generations can read what persons said and how they feel towards some subjects. No two persons feel toward things the same way and I feel sorry for those that can not appreciate our past authors of writings of poetery. Sometimes it is hard to cypher them (word meanings) out as the language from then to now is so different and many words have a completely different meaning, so those that can't think of long ago authors and the terminology used then they need to ask questions as to what is ment or ask what the author is trying to convay. A stupid person is one that does not ask questions. To ask questions does not make a person stupid, only someone that desires more knowledge to grow in. That is my 2 cents worth. Billie Jean (Ballenger/Burton) Reese PasaPeruva@aol.com