Hi, Connie:

Do they have anything else to go along with the rice? Beans? (more
protein) anything else that fits into their culture? Let me know if your
son will be trying to get more for the people on the island in a couple
of months, or whenever.

Best regards, Joanne
jopowell2 at juno.com
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:13:05 -0700 "Constance J. Sidles"
<csidles at mail.isomedia.com> writes:
> Hey tweets, just to add to Stuart's report, I tore myself away from
> bidness
> long enough to get to my favorite place on earth just at dusk
> tonight.
> Luckily, the light is still lingering for a surprisingly long time,
> even
> after the sun sets. Mount Rainier was magnificent, all magenta, blue
> and
> gray - very dark magenta, unlike the usual sunset pinks. The clouds
> over
> Lake Washington were spectacular tonight - they looked like Cloud
> City in
> Star Wars, only realer.
>
> A few Vaux's swifts were still flying around, as were a number of
> barn
> swallows (but nothing like the 70-plus barn swallows I saw perched
> in the
> little scrub-tree in the middle of the main pond two days ago. As we
> were
> looking at the swifts, my husband and I flushed an American pipit in
> the
> tall grass on the east side of the main pond. It dove down into
> deeper
> grass a few yards away.
>
> On Union Bay, we saw one wood duck, a little flock of ring-necked
> ducks,
> one green-winged teal, several American wigeons, and huge numbers
> of
> American coots. Also, tons of pied-billed grebes - this has been the
> best
> year in my memory for them. We didn't see the blue-winged teals that
> Stuart
> mentioned, nor the lone northern shoveler I saw there two days ago.
> Nor the
> juvenile sora I've been seeing nearly every day. I wonder if it has
> migrated? The other day, it was foraging openly out on the lily
> pads, and
> it stopped to stretch and flap its little wings. I could not imagine
> how
> those little stubs could elevate anything, let alone a plump sora.
> Maybe if
> it flapped them very, very fast? What is known about sora
> migrations?
>
> On another topic, I will be sending out thank-yous to the many
> tweeters who
> responded to my plea for help for Micronesia. But I also want to
> thank
> people publicly here. Your support and the notes many of you sent
> were
> deeply touching. My son Alex called via military radiophone tonight
> (first
> time I've heard from him in weeks). He said several island chiefs
> had
> coordinated a group listen all up and down the outer islands. People
> wanted
> to know how we were doing. I had to say that we have had no luck at
> all
> moving government agencies. But I also told Alex (and the outer
> islanders)
> that help was on the way. With the money that you and others gave,
> we
> managed to buy 400 sacks of rice (each sack is about 40 pounds).
> That's one
> sack per person. The rice is supposed to arrive today or tomorrow.
> Alex
> almost cried with relief. He said it was the only help anyone has
> given,
> and there would be celebrations on the islands tonight. I promised
> to wire
> out another donation in early December, when this shipment of rice
> runs
> out. So please go to bed tonight knowing that you have saved 400
> grateful
> souls.
>
> As a side benefit for me personally, I have had the very great
> privilege of
> knowing how caring you are. Thank you. - Connie, Seattle
>
> csidles at isomedia.com
>
>
>
>


Regards, Joanne
Reardan (Spokane) WA
mailto: jopowell2 at juno.com