[Roger Slater]

Mario, you have written a remarkable poem, and a courageous one as well. An achievement you can be proud of.

[Mario Pita]

A doubled thank you to each of you, Julie and Roger, one for your comments, and another because I remember and I am still grateful for help with my writing that both of you gave me here at Eratosphere more than a decade ago!!

Mario

[Cally Conan-Davies]

Mario, I have just finished reading it, and come back to this thread, to see Roger has used the two words that came to me -- 'remarkable' and 'courageous'. This is a remarkable project. And the courage it shows comes trailing so much love and warmth. For all the darkness, there is such warmth and openness in the telling.

Thank you, Mario! Thank you.

Cally

[Ann Drysdale]

Mario, my Eratosphere inbox is almost full but some correspondence is too precious to delete. I have kept for many years the exchange we had about a couple of poems - in Angle and Soundzine - where our lives touched for a moment. During it you gave me four adjectives and I have treasured them; now I give them back to you...

Haunting, memorable, musical, powerful.

Well done and well shared, fellow tree-toucher.

[Jim Moonan]

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Mario, I will savor this until it is completely absorbed. Then savor it some more. Thank you.
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[Mario Pita]

Thank you so much, Cally, Ann, and Jim!! your comments mean a lot to me and have lit up my day! I can't find a way to enter hearts in the reply window, so please see these as three hearts:

[Julie Steiner]

For a limited time only, people will be able to access an audio rebroadcast of the San Diego Master Chorale's 2016 performance of B9 (Beethoven's Ninth Symphony) with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edo de Waart. We were supposed to perform it last weekend with the SDSO and conductor Rafael Payare, but of course that couldn't happen. This is the best available substitute.

Click on the "Audio Broadcast" link here, and look for "KPBS Broadcast May 25."

(And hey, if anyone wants to give us money while we've got no performance income, we'll be glad to use it to pay our amazingly talented staff.)

[Julie Steiner]

I'm watching my niece's virtual graduation from Harvard Law School right now via a family Zoom session.

Tremble, ye pharmaceutical tycoons, tremble! Miriam is armed with an anti-trust specialty and is coming for you and your price-fixing! Woohoo!

[Edited to say: Wow, that was inspiring. Great speakers. Great honorees for the student awards. And such hope!]

[Tim McGrath]

Julie, I tried to make a small donation, but the site wants too much information. All it needs is a PayPal link, not my autobiography.