Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Oct 15 - 09:14 PM

Nigel, my body does not like the time shifts, either, and it does get worse as I age. Janie, we are oppposites. I would like to keep the clocks as they are now year round! The later the sun rises and sets, the happier I feel!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 25 Oct 15 - 10:47 AM

I'm always glad to go back to standard time. Seems my body knows what time the sun really says it is:>)

Hope all is peaceful on this Sunday for all the crew.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 24 Oct 15 - 11:57 AM

Thanks, ChanteyLass...our respective body clocks are completely out of sync...meal times; sleep times are five hours adrift & to add insult to injury, the clocks go back one hour tonight in the UK! Does this time zone business get harder the older one gets?
                                                    With Love to You All,
                                                                                     Nigel & Ann xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Oct 15 - 07:20 PM

Welcome home to Ann, too!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 23 Oct 15 - 05:46 AM

Gnu, your "yo" is all I need right now (-: (-:

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 22 Oct 15 - 09:06 PM

Yo. That is all.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 22 Oct 15 - 05:59 AM

Very happy to report that Ann & I were reunited yesterday. She stayed on an extra week...just can't drag herself away from beautiful North Carolina (and Belk, Barnes & Noble, Target, Michael's Craft Shop, Panera Bread...the list is practically endless). These long distance Family visits are particularly precious...every minute to be savoured. Here's to the next time,
                        Slightly jet lagged Nigel & totally jet lagged Ann.
                        Much Love to you All xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 21 Oct 15 - 01:05 PM

Arise, Rainbow!

Hoping to hear from Vtam, thinking about Lisa and her son, sending courage and cheer to those who have run low.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 18 Oct 15 - 12:33 PM

I'm glad to read that Janie and Nigel and Ann are all back in their own homes and that VTam has arrived in the US. I really appreciate the updates and hope to see more when they and others are able to post.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Bobert
Date: 16 Oct 15 - 09:52 PM

Nice meeting you, Nigel...

Come back soon, ya' hear???

B~

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,Manuel
Date: 16 Oct 15 - 09:45 AM

Make much of the priceless tranquility, gnu.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 15 Oct 15 - 06:04 PM

All is as calm as it can be. Nice to hear.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 15 Oct 15 - 12:04 PM

Safe home...desperately trying not to give in to sleep at 5pm ( London local). Will write again when I can think & focus on my laptop screen,
                                     Much Love to All,
                                                               Nigel xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 15 Oct 15 - 07:31 AM

Sorry to be gone for so long. While in the nursing facility had bad wifi connection and also my iPad and Mudcat don't play well together for some reason. So I made few posts and mostly to the other thread.

But all of you have been in my thoughts. Was really sorry to not meet Nigel or to see Bobert and P Vine, but it was pretty fine to actually hear his voice on the telephone!

Glad your family is drying out maeve. Hope their homes were not entirely flooded.

Hope you are home and getting some sleep to recover from jet lag, Nigel.

And holding all of your family in my thoughts Tam.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 14 Oct 15 - 11:02 AM

Safe travel, Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 14 Oct 15 - 09:58 AM

Farewell Charlotte...Farewell North Carolina...Farewell America. Thank you for your friendship, your generosity, your openness & honesty, and a huge thank you to C, V, T & G for your hospitality over the last three weeks (I'm returning alone...Ann is staying on for another week). Love & hugs to Janie & Bobert...here's to the next time,
                            With love to you all,
                                                Nigel xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Bobert
Date: 13 Oct 15 - 09:14 AM

Sorry, folks... Ol' hillbilly been workin' more and computin' less...

B;~(

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 13 Oct 15 - 01:46 AM

I'll second that

sandra

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 12 Oct 15 - 08:50 PM

And it's nice to hear a word from Bobert here; it's way too long since I've spotted one.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Oct 15 - 05:59 PM

Nice meeting you, too, Nigel...

Glad you enjoyed the performance... I had fun, too...

B~

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 12 Oct 15 - 08:07 AM

Lovely!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 11:38 AM

Nigel, I am very glad you and Ann have met Bobert and the Pea Vine...and quite envious as well. My SC family appear to be fine and have managed to pump out excess river.

Tam, thinking of you and yours. You'll be there with your Momma by now. Sending blessings to all for a smoothish transition.

Lisa, you are in my thoughts daily.

Janie is home, tra la!

Maeve

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 10:34 AM

Yesterday morning I received an email from Bobert...he was playing at the Gaston Public Library at 2pm...might I be able to get there? The Library is roughly a forty minute drive from where I'm currently staying, so a quick call to Uber sorted out the travel arrangements. Not only did I meet Bobert & his lovely wife, I was also treated to an hour of The Blues, played & sung with passion & conviction...punctuated by stories, history & adlibs that kept smiles on all our faces...a meeting & a performance that will live in my memory for a long, long time...my first face to face with a Catter. I shared this experience with Janie first before posting here.
               A musically uplifted Nigel...much love to all xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 09 Oct 15 - 12:10 PM

My Dear Maeve, yes thank you, our far too infrequent visits to see Ann's daughter & family (her two son's are now 6ft.+) are always fun & we get the chance to talk together in a way that one just can't do on the 'phone. We talk about Jane of course, but with an increasing sense of acceptance that physically, she is no longer with us. She lead a very full life so there is much to remember & celebrate...time does gradually heal, but it doesn't erase.
                      How are the SC members of your Family coping with the appalling weather? There was talk on the news last night of yet more flooding, on top of what has become an intolerable situation for too many. Ann & I have never experienced flooding in any direct sense, so trying to imagine the impact on one's life is virtually impossible. We do hope that your relatives are safe, dry & not in harm's way.
                     Sending our love to you all,
                                                                Nigel & Ann xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 09 Oct 15 - 10:19 AM

Thank you, Nigel! Are you enjoying your visit with family?

Thinking especially of Tam & family and Lisa & son this (very rainy*) morning.

*(Guess I'll be digging tatties and picking apples after the rain clears.)

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 08 Oct 15 - 12:14 PM

I've called Janie twice now & yes, she does understand. We are both understandably disappointed, but this won't be our last visit to Charlotte, so a meet remains on the cards. I investigated the possibilities of buses & trains, but the services were few & far between & at inconvenient times. The second time I spoke to Janie (yesterday), she sounded much brighter. She should be back in her own home pretty soon now. Surrounded by the familiar can be most restorative at times like this.
                   Much love to you all,
                                                    Nigel & Ann xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 06 Oct 15 - 04:26 PM

Nigel, I'm afraid to drive in big cities in the US, and I live here! Even driving in Providence, RI, intimidates me! I can't imagine driving on the opposite side of the road. I agree with others that Janie will understand.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,Pete from seven stars link
Date: 06 Oct 15 - 04:10 PM

Still often having trouble accessing this thread, so missed a lot till now. Sorry to hear of all the problems tam, but glad there is some movement now....prayer offered, hope there is continuous progress, and that you won't feel that your family is somehow cursed.                   Nigel,          Trust you have a great time in America . The only time we went there was the bridge on foot from Niiagara.....and we're arrested as illegal immigrants !., apparently ignorance was no excuse and we were sent back with some kind of legal papers detailing our offence.          We hired a car while in Canada , but did not venture too far In it.         Blessings.    Pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 06 Oct 15 - 02:58 PM

Nigel, Janie will understand. I understand being daunted about driving. I don't drive in population centers larger than Portland, Maine. The Greater Portland has maybe 125,000 residents, if you include the surrounding towns. I can't imagine trying to drive in an unfamiliar place on the opposite side of the road from what I am used to.

Maeve, I hope things improve for your family in SC soon. I heard on the news last night about the potable water issue.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 06 Oct 15 - 11:46 AM

Nigel- bus? I know Janie would have loved a visit, but I also know she will understand if it's just not happening. You might also leave a PM for Janie in case she's up for a call at her rehab residence.

Extended family in South Carolina is experiencing lots of flooding, with no good drinking water, electricity, etc.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 06 Oct 15 - 11:28 AM

Thank you for your gracious welcome. After so many grey, wet & windy days, the sun is shining brightly & the sky is gloriously blue...a combination with which we are more familiar when we have previously visited Charlotte. I have been in touch with Janie & had hoped to visit her this week, but sadly a car plus driver has not proved possible. As a younger man, I drove in the States, but found the experience daunting & stressful, so I guess you could say I've 'whimped out' of getting myself to Janie's...just when she needs friendship & support the most...not very proud of myself.
          We hope that the good people of South Carolina are restored to something approaching normality just as soon as possible. The footage we've seen on CBS News is a tough watch. We got off very lightly here by comparison.
          With love to you all,
                                          Nigel & Ann in Mecklenburg County xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 Oct 15 - 09:29 PM

Indeed! Welcome to the US, where it is not always as wet as you might think!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 05 Oct 15 - 04:28 PM

Welcome Stateside, Nigel and Ann. Would that we could meet up somewhere! Hope a visit with a mutual friend is possible.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 05 Oct 15 - 04:22 PM

Hoping everyone is safe, dry, has power & food & wanting for nothing,
                   Nigel in Mecklenburg County,
                                                                xxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,Nigel Paterson
Date: 03 Oct 15 - 11:25 AM

As a temporary resident of Mecklenburg County, not far from the SC State Line, I'm hoping that everyone is faring no worse than I in the wake of Jouquin...plenty of rain but no flooding, a light to moderate wind but no downed trees in the immediate vicinity. No need for The Rainbow's life boats thus far.
                      Wishing everyone a safe weekend,
                                                                              With love,
                                                                                             Nigel & Ann xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 03 Oct 15 - 03:33 AM

Thinking of you and your family Tam, as well as everyone else. Sorry to not be posting. Even in the lobby wifi is not real dependable. And for some reason Mudcat and my iPad don't play well. Often can't get long threads to open or navigate among pages.

But here in heart and mind, regardless.

Very much hope to see Nigel next week.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 03 Oct 15 - 03:33 AM

Thinking of you and your family Tam, as well as everyone else. Sorry to not be posting. Even in the lobby wifi is not real dependable. And for some reason Mudcat and my iPad don't play well. Often can't get long threads to open or navigate among pages.

But here in heart and mind, regardless.

Very much hope to see Nigel next week.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 02 Oct 15 - 06:17 AM

Ditto maeve and Nigel, Tam. Glad to hear you are making progress, Janie.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,Nigel Paterson
Date: 01 Oct 15 - 11:08 AM

Tam, Maeve is right...there is no curse. Please try to disabuse yourself of this thought. Life can be so unspeakably cruel & unfair that we search for reasons as to why, when there are none, none except Life itself. I realise that my platitudes bring you scant comfort, but they are written with the best of intentions, in the hope that you will soon be released from your slough of despond & enjoy life once again,
                                     With Love,
                                                    Nigel
                                                    xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 30 Sep 15 - 09:20 PM

thinking of you Tam & glad that people like maeve are there for you

sandra

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 30 Sep 15 - 08:48 PM

Here's the latest from Janie in rehabilitation for her broken femur:

Subject: RE: Janie's broken leg needs music & laughs
From: Janie - PM
Date: 30 Sep 15 - 08:34 PM

"Now able to get out to lobby with wheelchair and much enjoying the links. Thanks, y'all!"

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 30 Sep 15 - 01:37 PM

No words... just thoughts and prayers.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 29 Sep 15 - 09:12 PM

Pouring and flooding rain here..and all the while we're pouring, flooding with loving concern for one another.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 29 Sep 15 - 04:55 AM

No curse, Tam. Life can be hard. Progress has been made- start there and take another step... and another.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 29 Sep 15 - 04:34 AM

Should have been more clear on the older brother's wife. Her stroke was several years ago and mild. She works but only very few hours a week in a Publix as a cashier. Quite a change from being supervisory air hostess for 18 years until TWA went into administration and she lost all her pension.

The curse is long and strong.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 29 Sep 15 - 04:29 AM

Hallelujia. All family members finally on board re Mom's care. Not so sure if we can get sis to understand how Mom's care is dependent on sale of house and car. But at least we are all talking and not name calling.

My baby brother who is fostering my sister's grandkids, just lost his job (HVAC licensed so another job will come) and the medical insurance for his family and the little bit in food stamps they were getting. So now he has to apply all over again. His lounge/diner is a consturction site because he had started to make a room for mom. Now he has no means to put it right.

My other younger brother is about to be evicted and his car died. He is on disability due to degenerative bone disease in his spine and all right side.

My older brother just diagnosed with protate cancer and he is sole breadwinner (musician in Orlando). He only just got med insurance but does not know how long he can pay for it. His wife has had a stroke.

My daughter was released from 3 week stay in hospital for cellulitis and extremely low platelets. Lupus attack on her spleen again.

There are problems with our house purchase. I won't go into what the stress of worrying about eveyone is doing to my body.

Anyone know how to lift a decades long curse from an extended family scattered halfway across the globe?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 28 Sep 15 - 09:55 PM

Eine kleine Nachtmusik:
The Wailin' Jennys' Ruth Moody live

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Sep 15 - 08:30 PM

Rise up!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Sep 15 - 08:30 PM

Rise up!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 27 Sep 15 - 09:17 AM

Check your PMs, Tam.

Hugs,
Maeve