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116, APRIL
1, 2005
(Copyright © 2003 The Blacklisted Journalist)
RALPH HASELMANN'S THANKS
Subject: hi, how are you
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:43:05 -0800 (PST)
From: William Waterfall <ralphylucidmoon@yahoo.com>
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
Dear Al,
Hi, how are you? I was searching the web when I came across
your message of concern and hope following my car accident.
Thanks, it was very moving. I
was wondering if you have suspended postings and if you wanted to do an update
on me, to go right below my sister's message.
I would help defray the cost of posting the update.
Here is the update as it would appear.
Just wondering!
Update February 2005:
I want to thank Al Aronowitz and all my Lucid Moon readers
world wide who sent in messages of concern, love and hope in my guest book and
emails following my near fatal car accident of October 8, 2005. In addition to
aorta heart surgery and hip socket replacement surgery immediately following my
accident in 2001, in 2004 I had skin graft surgery to surgically close my
bedsore and a catheter inserted in my bladder because regular catheters were
causing too many urinary tract infections.
In addition, I am also susceptible to bouts of pneumonia, but I'm a
survivor, and I ain't wastin time no more, as The Allman Brothers song goes.
I am rededicating my life to promoting and publishing the writings of
others and of myself.
In 2003 I launched a 40-page newsletter that has cartoons,
messages from me (where you can learn about news on my health and my upcoming
poetry books), poems, articles, interviews, short stories, and book reviews,
which are reprised in my archives. You
can also check out the 7 poetry columns, which have been converted to guest
books. So, have fun perusing my
website and please sign my guest book. I?m
just happy to be alive and to continue participating in the small press. Lastly,
thanks to my loving family.
www.lucidmoonpoetry.com ##
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POET ROBERT CREELEY, 1926-2005
Subject:
CREELEY
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:49:37 -0800
From: john bennett dasleben@eburg.com
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
Dennis
Formento wrote:
I
heard from Anselm Hollo that Creeley was in Odessa, Texas for a Lannan
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