It’s after 9 PM and I’m preparing for the three classes I teach on Friday – just as I was one month ago when the first quake hit. It’s been a busy month and we’ve exchanged lots of different kinds of information and ideas but the thing I’d most like to say now is that there hasn’t been any nastiness – absolutely none. Even before the quake the vast majority of participants in this page have always been nice, but occasionally there would be a snide comment and once in a while someone would even get pretty angry at me for some reason or other. But those folks seem to have found other forums to frequent and everyone else has been really supportive and cooperative.
I started this page on my own a few years ago and then asked my friend and colleague Joe Tomei to come on to help me manage it. More recently I think you’ve seen posts by William, Sara, Ciaran, Daniel, Levy, Charmaine and Jackie. Thanks to everyone, editors and readers, for pulling together and making the best of a bad situation! Let’s hope Mother Nature decides to chill out and not give us anything scary to write about for a while. :)
– Kirk