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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida 
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Was talking to a fellow Floridian Pipster this morning and came up with the bright idea of doing a Floridian Pip gathering. Of course any non-Floridian Pipster are more than welcome if they would like to make the trip.  Here is what I would like: I want to have it in St. Augustine, Florida. I would like input on where. I would prefer a place that could accommodate a group, and would serve food and drinks (individual paying). If anyone has any ideas post or email me, please! I was thinking September or October but would like input on that as well. Of course I would also like anyone interested in attending to let me know. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh, Susan, I do hope a number of the poets can get together! I wish I could come, but it is not going to be possible this year...but, Soon! |
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timothysangel1973
since 2001-12-03
Posts 1725Never close enough |
Well, shoot.... I aint in Florida, and dont look like I am gonna get that way anytime soon... hows about we do a South Carolina gathering lol Or, even North Carolina would be ok too Tima |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
gee, Tima, how did I know that someone would suggest another place???  Here is why Florida (for this one *wink*): I have seriously used the heck out of my leave (for daughter & grand daughters doc appts). Therefore, I have no leave to use to travel... There, don't cha' feel bad for me now, and want to come to Florida? "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
LOL...of course we want to come to Florida - land of the Hurricanes! Why don'cha all come to Kansas? Me and Toto can fix ham and beans! Y'all can get to see a DRY hurricane!  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
*sniff* someone always brings up the hurricanes... I promise if we all get together and a hurricane hits, drinks are on me!!!! See? I know how to host a party."too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Susan, that is a wonderful idea! That'd be about a 7 and 1/2 hour drive for me. Maybe Karen could come here to Pensacola and she could drive the rest of the way with me in the rental car? Let me do some research on St. Augustine and maybe I can give some suggestions on where to meet. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
"If you build it, they will come"... Start stock-piling, Susan...I'm sure before it's all over, there'll be one heck of a party at your doorstep! |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Dixie~been talking to Martyjo and her and I have a couple places that might be good..but we are still researching...we like the Conch House and Ale Works... http://www.conch-house.com/groupsal.htm http://www.oldcity.com Kari~ That is okay with me! "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I think this is a great idea! Don't see any reason why poets can't organize a gathering in the state they are in, and those that want to go will sure go! Probably a lot easier than trying to organize "one get together" where a lot can't attend. Good for you Susan, for starting a Florida ball rolling.  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Oh but Sharon, you must pick up Raph and come!! I insist. You might have to sadate Raph to get him on the plane, but I am sure he will thank us later. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I wish that I could, but I can't.  |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I just got back from one heck of a visit back east in Canada - but you never know, to sneak up on that Raph I may just be forced to participate in a plot!  |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Well, I guess I won't get to come to this one, either. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
This is a great idea.....(but I probably can't make it this year).  ....joHave fun! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Susan, thanks for the link. I'll look over it all tomorrow. I'm exhausted...trying to work my job and help as many people as I can get back on their feet after the hurricane makes for a long day. Hopefully I'll have tomorrow off so I can take care of things around the house and have some time for myself. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
I wish i could s'nor fair livin down under *pout* mxx take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away. but do not take from me your laughter. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Maree, m'dear... you know what to do about that! Post-A-Party! |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
A Brief History of St. Augustine Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St. Augustine this nation's first enduring settlement. The architectural legacy of the city's past is much younger, testimony to the impermanent quality of the earliest structures and to St. Augustine's troubled history. Only the venerable Castillo de San Marcos, completed in the late seventeenth century, survived destruction of the city by invading British forces in 1702. Vestiges of the First Spanish Colonial Period (1565-1764) remain today in St. Augustine in the form of the town plan originally laid out by Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canzo in the late sixteenth century and in the narrow streets and balconied houses that are identified with the architecture introduced by settlers from Spain. Throughout the modern city and within its Historic Colonial District, there remain thirty-six buildings of colonial origin and another forty that are reconstructed models of colonial buildings. St. Augustine can boast that it contains the only urban nucleus in the United States whose street pattern and architectural ambiance reflect Spanish origins. ~~~~~~~~~~~Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it goes on and on. Well worth a visit. Go to St.Augustine Fl..Google it for photos and events. A great place to spend a weekend. best martyjo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
wow...I've just done some looking over the pages in the links you posted Susan The Conch House is a lovely place to go, excellent choice! I loved the site-seeing tours too...Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and the trains. Sounds pretty cool. Now if we could just drag Karen away for a couple days... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Susan~ MartyJo emailed me about this ... GREAT IDEA~ I'd be up for another Floridian-hosted gathering if it can be worked into our schedules~ I'd opt for October~ I know that the memories we wrote at our gathering in New POET Richey back a few years ago (Where DOES the time go?) still rest in the heart of this poetess~  Getting to meet 'up close and personal' the poets of my knowing wrote memories that I will never forget~ Marsha, Krissy, Kethry, Titia, Balladeer and Frannie, Nan/Pilgrimage, Lyra  and Dave, Seymour and Isobel, Maureen  ... and Bill and I ... oh, my gawd ... if I've forgotten to list anyone ... I'll pay for it !But ... gotta run ! Drop me an email~ noles1@totcon.com *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Thanks Martyjo for putting that info up. St. Augustine is a beautiful city and the oldest in the CONUS...it has a lot of tourist attractions, including a Fort. There are carriage rides and an Alligator farm. Lots of stuff to do and see. I am hoping to find a place for everyone to gather and having everyone be responsible for their own accommodation arrangements. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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Martyjo says there's a hotel on site at the Conch House so we don't have to drive...cuz you know how much we'll drink! |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Dixie, that was, seriously, my point as well! lol.... The only concern we had was expense...We didn't want anything that might be too expensive for anyone. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" ~Unknown~ |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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cost is nothing compared to memories we have plenty of time to save up and I don't think it'd be that expensive if we partnered up...they have roll-away beds which I don't mind at all. I think it's an absolutely wonderful idea and I'm looking forward to it! I hope to get a bunch of people...Toe, Suthern? I would love to see Marge and Bill! Oh the memories we'd make and the pictures we'd take! What about Dunc? I'd love that! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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how many chances do we get to actually see the people we've been knowing in cyberspace for years? It's an expense I am working overtime for |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Unfortunately, I didn't make parole this year. (The only guilty person in Shawshank, yanno.) I still know how to "get things" tho. But there's this black rock in my garden, and... sigh.  Thanks for the offer though of the ride, tho, Dixie. (serenity exits, tapping code on pipes...) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
com'on Karen, it's only two days you can do it get a weekend pass willya? I'll call the warden...I got connections |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
better yet... I'll come over there and bust ya out I'll get a big truck and some really thick chain |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Alright Karen, so you need a Bo Derek poster and a small little chisel... Now the couple football fields length of raw sewage is yours to deal with... "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I will feel that I’m a voyeur if this gathering comes to pass. I never said I was a poet I’m just a wantabe ... but oh how much I love to read and ponder other’s thoughts. I am looking forward, to meeting you this Fall. so come this October I hope that there will be a wave of Pip’s favorites sitting by the sea. we’ll drink and dance and have some fun and then you’ll sit and talk. I will sit and listen and most times be in awe. but don’t think I’m not hearing and taking in it all. Oh say you’ll come Oh say you’ll come, so we can have a ball. martyjo, see you there? |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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that's cute marty |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I guess this is as far as it has gone. Maybe another time and place? martyjo |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
You giving up Martyjo?? I never give up. Even if it is just a few of us we can have fun. Have faith. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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 that's the spirit Susanmartyjo, you know I wouldn't miss the chance to meet my internet mom  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
as I told a friend via e mail, I never say "never" and once upon a time I was very good at disappearing. I figger it's sorta like riding a bicycle, or a Greyhound bus, even. (These people I live with better start some proper worship!  ) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
K, I'll come get ya if ya want those little rental cars are good on gas |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I haven't given up but wonder if enough are reading or interested. I am so close that I can run over at the last minute. Check how close Palm Coast is to St.Augustine and Google Palm Coast. Things are popping here. But St.Augustine is so quaint and such a nice place to visit. We could meet and have lunch and go browsing and meet again for dinner. An overnight is easy as there are many motels and hotels in every price range. I had just been a little too optimistic I guess as I know there are more poets right in the two or three hour drive area. Georgia is not too far if there are Pipsters there. I would love to meet Balladeer and his wife and Sy and his wife. I hear so much about these great people. I am bringing Jackie with me. In Fact she and I and her little boy are leaving tomorrow for Ct. Chase just turned seven and will be the ring bearer. He has only been in Ct. in November so remembers it as having snow, and his visits to the turkey farm where Jackie had worked every year since she was in highschool. His last airplane ride was when he was six months old as she usually drove up. So this will be new to him also. She had to skip it last November because of the accident. And Dixie of course I am most anxious to meet you. Have been reading you since 1998 or 1999. I read a whole year before dropping in to the other site. Anyway. If it happens I will be there. won't be a "latearrival". |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Neglected to say we are going up to attend my grandson's wedding. He is the one I once mentioned Dixie, who is an EMT. He works at a clinic nights, drives ambulance days when needed, Coaches the high school girls soft ball team, is a registered umpire and keeps busy at that. He details cars and plows in the winter, helps a landscaper in summer. How he does it all is beyond me but he bought his own home last year at age 25. Has a sweet little red pick up for every day and a larger pick up for plowing, both he bought himself and has finished paying for. I have thirteen grandchildren and three great grands, ages from 34 to 4 quite a spread. I married at not quite 17. My own kids are from 36 to 54 so that tells you the story. LOL "late" |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Off to Conn. in an hour. Hope to see some one else is saying YES to our Florida gathering. Will try to check from time to time. martyjo |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
I know there are other Floridians that could spend a day in St. Augustine with us.. What do I have to do to get more interested? (Karen you can come early and spend a couple days with me, Leah and the baby!!) "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
The poet meet was held in Florida the last time. I would come closer to being able to get to Kansas, than I can to Florida. But then, there would be a problem of money. Right now, I am not able to save any money, right now. But, I do wish I could meet you all. |
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