[texbirds] Re: Difficult farewell
- From: "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)" <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:03:06 +0000
Many people describe west Texas as an empty place. While birders do not agree
with that assessment I can unequivocally state that west Texas is indeed an
emptier place without you there Heidi.
You will still be in my and many other Texbirders hearts wherever you stray.
Keep warm and I am sure we will welcome you home someday.
Fred Collins, Director
Kleb Woods Nature Center
20303 Draper Road
Tomball TX 77377
Life member TOS and SWAN
Advisrory Board Member HAS and KPC
Employee of
Harris County Precinct 3
Steve Radack Commissioner
www.pct3.hctx.net
-----Original Message-----
From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of H Trudell
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:17 PM
To: Texbirds
Subject: [texbirds] Difficult farewell
Oh, Texbirds. I don't even know where to start.
I love y'all.
Since 1998, Texbirds has been my primary learning curve (outside of Nat Geo,
Peterson's, the joy of the first Sibley) and it has been wonderful: I have made
horrible IDs and had my @$$ handed to me by folks far more knowledgable than I
(and I learned), and i have enjoyed reading the steady flow of posts from Ave A
and Joseph Kennedy and established brains who have cycled through various
levels of posting involvement... Curmudgeons and whippersnappers alike,
Texbirds has been an extended family of sorts. Thank you. For the friendships
and gentle rivalries, for the mentors and the CBCs, for news and vicarious
living... Thank you.
As a native Texan with fierce loyalty to my birding turf and community, it has
been an agonizing decision, but I have moved to Michigan. It's cold, but the
people are friendly. It's just not home. I do hope to keep in touch with folks
- always open for questions about my former turf, but it looks like this move
is indefinite.
Best,
-h
Heidi Trudell
Formerly of Houston, Alamo, Abilene, Waco, Marathon, aaaand now Ypsilanti, MI
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