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<DIV><FONT size=3>Hey Karl,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Your posts are always a "from-the-heart" bright spot in our
day........so true about the connections we've made, but even more astounding to
us is the "life altering" consequences that taking up this amazingly simple (yet
complex) instrument has had. We can't imagine what we would be doing
at this late-in-life stage without didjeridu, which keeps us feeing younger than
we are.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>P&E</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/24/2008 12:37:05 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
kalbaugh@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Despite
the 50 degree (F) balm here in Washington, DC, I've opted to start a<BR>small
blaze in the fireplace. Why am I telling you this? Because the logs<BR>I'm
using where to be, at one time, didgeridoos. Or at least, my version of<BR>the
didgeridoo.<BR><BR>Besides being very easy to work, poplar makes a good first
log right after<BR>the kindling starts to "coal up." Right now, there is a
wonderful chunk of<BR>cherry snapping away. It was a didge candidate from
about 5 years ago. <BR><BR>And on the "hot-stand-by" pile, a chunk of pear (hi
Per!): a trimming from a<BR>pear log that turned out to be a beautiful looking
and playing stick.<BR>Finally, a small length of some variety of oak. Long
burning stuff, oak.<BR>Having made a few didges out of it, I know
why.<BR><BR>In a way, I feel as if I'm sending friends to the arboreal
Valhalla. And, as<BR>you can tell, its put me in a reflective mood.<BR><BR>To
think, how a hollow tree branch has connected everyone here and beyond.
A<BR>connection made THROUGH culture (with gratitude to Aboriginal peoples)
but<BR>goes far beyond it.<BR><BR>You all have enriched my life beyond
measure. Be it here, at fests, at get<BR>togethers, in phone conversations and
emails. It gives me long pause to<BR>think if I had never gave the didge a go
back in the day... <BR><BR>So, my warmest goes out to everyone of you -
whatever continent you're on or<BR>country you're in.<BR><BR>Karl
Kalbaugh
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