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    Cindy, if we get enough response, we might consider donations to hire a
    hall for a Grand Gathering. This is much like what Womannotes did 3
    years ago for it's 5th anniversary. I'm certainly up for this and I'll
    help to plan if you wish. Just let me know what to do.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    		Having only started to use this conference this year, I'd 
    love to attend. It would be great if we could get "departed souls" back
    for a bash like Topher and Steve Kallis. It was nice learning things
    from their many entries, but it would be great to add a face to their
    thoughts. Circa Halloween sounds good. The first few weeks after Labor
    Day always seem intense. Everyone uptight, setting goals, pushing
    issues after the summer doldrums. October, I think, might reap a better
    harvest, to wear out an already trite metaphor.   BillM

         
    Steve Kallis won't be there, however there's a good chance that Topher
    and family might attend.
    
    Cindy

    count me in!
    
    *Stella*
    
    who knows where I'll be in September!  but I come and go, come and go,
    from Digital, since 1980!
    
    Cindy-roo and PJ, you can always find my home phone number in the
    Nashua telephone directory.

    
    Just to get this going again...
    
    In early October, Brian MacKrill, a former DEJAVU participant (circa. 
    1990-1991), will be up from Australia for a week or two.  I thought 
    this might be a great time to hold the gathering, so I've decided to 
    have it as an Open House at my place during one of the weekends while 
    he's here.  It would be potluck, BYOB.
    
    If the response is overwhelming, I can rent our condo clubhouse for a 
    very small fee ($40.00 or so).  I live in Nashua, NH.
    
    In the meantime, if you happen to come across former members in the
    next few months or so, please have them contact me at: 603-888-8559.
    
    Cindy
                                                         

                     
    As Eva reminded me offline - life is supposed to be a block party.  
    Sooooo.......(;^)  Let's Go For It!
    
    		DEJAVU - 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!!!!!!
    
    	        Date:  Saturday, November 11th, 1995
                Time:  2pm onward
                Loc:   My place in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
    
    As Desperado says, "Forward (this invitation) with daring and whimsy."  
    Especially to all those who have departed our ranks over the last 
    several years.  Hope to see as many of you as possible.
    
    I'll be sending directions offline, so if you plan to attend, please
    send mail to me directly and put "DEJAVU Party" in the Subject line,
    and as the time approaches, I'll send them on to you.  If the number of
    Rsvps looks like it will exceed the capacity of my place, then I'll
    look into renting the clubhouse.
    
    Party will be potluck - I will be making eggplant parmesan, salad, and
    apple crisp, and will provide such things as cups, plates, plasticware,
    napkins, and ice.  So please bring a dish to pass (let me know though,
    what you're thinking of bringing for coordination purposes), and BYOB, 
    but NO alcohol please.     
    
    Looking forward!
    
    Cindy

    a DEJAVU Party on 11-11.  How interesting.  Really looking forward to
    it!  and hearing all your Michael Franks, Cindy!
    
    	;-)  *Stella*

    
    OMIGOSH!!!  It wasn't even intentional!  Wow - how DEJAVU!  (;^)
    
    However, given the latest one is 12/12, I'm one behind, however 12/12
    isn't possible for me.
    
    Well then...I think we should start the party officially at 11:11am 
    and go until at least 11:11pm, instead of starting in the afternoon.  
    So, c'mon over earlier and I'll have the coffee and hot cider on. 
    I'll get some brown donuts and apples too.
    
    Thanks for pointing that out, Stella. 
    
    Cindy

    
    I am almost tempted to make this party myself. A trip across the pond
    for a party is just about eccentric enough for me to go for.
    
    	Adam (in Brussels).
    
    p.s. persuade me ;-)

    It would certainly be different! 
    
    Martin (in Paris).

    
    Thinking of going then Martin?

    
    Or maybe you guys organize one in Europe and we go there!  (;^)
    
    >p.s. persuade me ;-)
    
    Give us some hints, Adam.  (;^)
    
    Cindy

    
    It would certainly be easier for us to organize one here, maybe you
    could all charter a flight between you Cindy :-)
    
    Stonehenge would be a good venue. My base in the UK is just a few miles
    from there so I would get a headstart.
    
    	Adam
    
    p.s. giving hints on how to persuade me would take half the fun out of
    it ;->

    Adam and Martin -- past Dejavu parties have been well worth the trip!
    Come on over and see for yourselves!  We can have it at Stonehenge
    next year!  And over here, not 20 miles from ZKO (the Spit Brook Road
    facility in Nashua, New Hampshire) is a magical site called "America's
    Stonehenge" we could all visit.
    
    	*Stella*

    
    We'll make it well worth your while, Adam.  
    
    Cindy

    
    hmmmmmmmmm ...... intriguing
    
    I must admit to being very tempted to go. Perhaps the fact that I am
    willing to travel so far to make it might encourage a few others, both
    closer and distant to make the effort too. So how many of you good
    people are going to be there? I know the message said to mail direct if
    you were planning to go, but maybe a show of interest here might
    encourage others. There is another chap here who may well be interested
    in coming over, so if we can make it, what about you folks?
    
    	Adam

    I'll be there.
    
    	*Stella*

    As another fairly new Dejavu noter, I am very interested and intrigued
    so count me in.  Now, what is the dress code to be?  Will there be an
    agenda or do we just use our imaginations?
    
    Pat

    Oh use your imaginations. I totally agree with that suggestion. So come
    on Europeans and Asians and Austrailians and all beings from any time,
    space or dimension, show up for this one.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ (Who will be there and has been passing the word to former
    Dejavuer's that he knows)

    PJ!  does that mean Ro and Don will come???  Sure hope so.  I'm going
    to send mail to Todd hoping he and Lisa will come, too.

    Stella, Don works very long hours on Saturday and probably won't be
    able to attend. However, Carole Fretts (my Astrology teacher) and I are
    going to work on Ro and try to get her up to Nashua. Cindy, Carole
    thinks she can make it, but may get there late, as she has a prior
    committment on Saturday morning/afternoon.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    Decision made.
    
    I'll be there, unless something serious prevents me from making it. My
    manager for example :-)
    
    Glad about the imaginitive dress code, and the extra-dimensional
    allowances on the invitation list, could have been a bit tricky for me
    otherwise.
    
    	Adam$eccentric_pan_dimensional_lifeform
    

    Yay!  Adam from over the pond is coming.  Great!

    OK, Cindy. can we bring drums and make noise? If that's not feasable at
    your place and it's not to cold, maybe we can go into the woods  near
    your house, (Where we walked) and drum in a clearing, if folks want to?
    
    Also, on the same day, at Barnes & Noble book store, just down the road
    from Cindy's house, Bob Keeshan will be doing a book signing from 2 to
    4 PM. For those who may not know who Bob keeshan is, he hosted a
    children's show that was on network television for many years for us
    U.S. babyboomers. He's known as Captain kangaroo. I want his autograph.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

         
    PJ - you're reading my mind...or else putting the intentions there!
    
    Given that responses are starting to come in from outside the file, I 
    was just thinking this morning that my condo may not hold everyone at 
    the same time, and also it's not conducive for a drumming circle 
    (neighbors might object (;^)).  So I'm going to check into renting the 
    clubhouse for the drumming purposes.  Will let you know.
    
    Drumming in the field is probably OK too...though it will be a bit
    cold.
    
    Cindy

    cool! Let me know what it is and I'll help with the cost. (Unless it's
    zillions of dollars. :-)  )
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    count me in for drumming!
    
    Everyone:  dress warm!
    
    	*Stella*

    
    	WoW!  Meeting Dejavuers and Captain Kangeroo in the same day,
    awesome!  Remember Mr. Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Greenjeans? and Mr.
    Grandfather ClocK?.......mmmmmmmm, now that I'm thru regressing to
    age 4.........are kangaroos and bunnies good power animals?
    
    hey, Cindy, can you e-mail me directions, this pagan will be coming but 
    the disk quota exceeded gremlins have possession of my mail and the
    gurus have not exorcised them yet!!
    	Soon, I'm going to have to hang garlic around the monitor!  BillM

    
    PJ - I think the clubhouse is fairly inexpensive - almost certainly 
    less than $50.  Thanks for your offer.
    
    Stella - you won't have to dress warm if we get the clubhouse. It has
    central heating.  (;^)
    
    Bill - you can be in charge of the Captain Kangaroo Field Trip, since
    it appears you're really into it.  (;^)  Mr.Moose was my favorite. 
    Will do on the directions.  Go to Nashua, turn left, look for
    sacrificial fires...(;^)
    
    Someone has asked about bring tarot decks and such - yes, all that is
    fine.  The only thing I prefer is not to have Ouija boards, that's all.
    
    Also, if you're involved in external healing pursuits or related 
    businesses of any kind (astrology, holistic bookstores, etc.), feel free 
    to bring your information, business cards, product samples if 
    appropriate, and related things along (short videos OK too).  I plan to 
    have nametag supplies available, and also you can add on your healing 
    speciality.  Maybe some of us can work together in the future, or at 
    least provide mutual referrals.
    
    Getting more responses from the outside too!
    
    Cindy

    
    Drumming sounds EXCELLENT, but even if I had a drum I think getting it
    over there on the plane could be tricky :-(  I had a drum machine, but
    I can't imagine electronic shamanism catching on in the near future,
    can you :-)
    
    Some sad news, I'm afraid. I should still be coming to the party, but
    it may be the last contact I have with many of you for some time, and
    having only just 'met' you all, that makes me rather unhappy. Due to
    personal considerations I shall be returning to the UK and leaving
    Digital in Brussels. I agreed a final day of 8/11/95 with my manager
    yesterday, and the week after the DJV party I shall be back in the UK
    looking for a contract! Ultimately I would like to get over the States
    for a while, but don't know whether Digital take on English
    contractors, or even whether software development and support in my
    area of expertise is carried out over there - I presume it must be. I
    may take some extra time when I am over there to try and contact and
    agencies that might cover that area.
    
    Never despair though, I shall do my best to remain in contact with some
    of you by Internet E-Mail. Just a shame I cannot get Internet access to
    Deja-Vu isn't it?
    
    		Adam          

    Adam, sorry to hear that you won't be at Digital anymore, but look
    forward to meeting you at the party. About drums, there are usually
    extras and protocol is that you ask the owners permission to use it.
    This is generally granted(I have never seen a refusal) and in fact
    sometimes offered. There's a bit of ettiquette around not wearing rings
    when you drum and of course treating it as a sacred object, but that's
    usually not an issue. I always bring lots of toys (rythym instruments)
    to the event. You gotta try the ocean drum, great for trance work.
    
    I may be late, as my son is rowing at his school on that day and I
    might get a chance to go see the event. His team one their meet last
    weekend and this weekend, he's rowing in the Head of the Charles event.
    One of the most pretigious rowing events there is. As you can imagine,
    I'm walking around beaming with pride and telling all who will listen
    and even those who won't. :-)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    	Thanks, Cindy for the directions!  I'll be there. Too bad the
    bear left! I bet he did a good job guarding those mailboxes!! ;>)!
    (Couldn't resist!)
    
    	Dejavuers! your chance to live on in prose form!
    
    	I'll be bringing my camera and snapping photos of you and if you
    give me your permission I'll incorporate your looks (or how you'd like
    to look, your inner self) and some of your personalities and lifestyle
    outlooks into a new book that I'll be starting this winter! As I
    usually do in my writing, most of the action will take place locally.
    	It will be a crime drama dealing with a psychic who uses her
    abilities to try to find the body of a murdered girl. Her psychic
    abilities only brings herself and her husband and their occult friends
    under suspicion from the police as suspects.  Combining their various
    poers of perception and "gifts", and led by the investigative newspaper
    reporter that doesn't dispell them as weirdos, they find the girl's
    body and the trail of evidence that leads them to the real sadistic
    killers of a string of young victims! As usual, with a plot like that,
    I'll be adding in a lot of comic moments!
    	I'll be needing lots of help for real life experiences in seances,
    readings, dowsing, etc. so swapping names, addresses,and phone numbers
    with anyone who'd like to help in my research would be great! 
    Suggestions for character names is most welcome! Acknowledgements
    will be provided upon publishing, if published!
    	Right now, I'm still fleshing out and expanding the killer's
    personality in my first book, as soon as that gets the approval of my
    agent, she thinks she can get a small publishing house that likes to
    do series mysteries to take it!  So, things are really looking up
    for this effort!
    BillM

    Cool!!! You certainly have my permission, Bill. We'll talk. I've always
    wanted to be in a book and came close with a comic book. This will be
    even better. 
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    If I promised directions to anyone else offline and you've not received
    them yet, please resend your message as I may have misfiled it in the 
    craziness of last week.
    
    Thanks, and sorry!
    
    Cindy

    .29 Cindy
    
    I *love* those "Hello, My Name is ..." tags!
    
    	*Stella*

    re .32 and .33
    
    Spooky! I was just about to start writing a novel too! I have done a
    few short stories, but never attempted publishing, as they were
    usually written for and inspired by someone special to me.
    
    Anyway if you need a strange Englishman in your tale, then just let me
    know, I can supply a fair amount of material :-)
    
    	Adam
    

    Great!  I love events where they actually allow name tags.  Can't tell
    you how many things I attended where people did not know everyone but
    if I mention nametags, its always "no way".  The whole world should
    wear them for us folks who don't remember names!
    
    Cindy, thanks for the directions again.  PJ  We have something in
    common.  My daughter was on the U Mass/Lowell crew team for five years
    (she was the one with the mouth, the cockson) and she also rowed in the
    head of the Charles event a couple of times.  Its a thrill to have a
    child of yours do something like that!
    
    Drumming is new to me, as are a lot of things, but this inquiring mind
    will love it all I'm sure.
    
    Pat

    Pat, cool about your daughter. Don't worry about drumming. One does
    whatever one is comfortable with. I didn't do more then listen to these
    drums the first time I was exposed to them. Now I love it whenever I
    get the chance. It's just that some of us love to make a lot of noise
    whenever we get the opportunity. :-)
    
    About name tags, Cindy, didn't you tell me that there would be no names
    on the tags and we would have use our psychic abilities to guess each
    other's names.  hehehehehehe. PJ you are evil to do this to Cindy.
    BBBBWWWWWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA :-)
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ
    
    

    I have a great idea for the name tags.  Only sun signs, no names.
    
    Devlish Pat

        
    Wouldn't ascendants be more appropriate for such a social gathering? Or
    perhaps we should all keep them a secret, and then at the end of the
    evening we could all vote on what we thought everyone else's sign was..
    
    I used to give Christmas presents to family and friends with star sign
    symbols on them instead of names. Confused the hell out of everyone,
    most did not even know what the symbols were ;->
    
    Adam

    
    Party Update:
    
    Looks like we'll get the clubhouse for drumming!  So, plan to bring
    your instruments.  (;^)
    
    Cindy

    Cindy -
    
    How many folks are you expecting?  That way we'll have a better idea of
    what quantity of food we should be preparing.
    
    Gita

    
    Gita,
    
    Right now the number is around 15 or so...though I expect more to Rsvp
    in the near future.
    
    Cindy

    
    		DEJAVU - 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!!!!!!
    
    	        Date:  Saturday, November 11th, 1995
                Time:  11:11am to 11:11pm (or later)
                Loc:   My place in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
    
    As Desperado says, "Forward (this invitation) with daring and whimsy."  
    Especially to all those who have departed our ranks over the last 
    several years.  Hope to see as many of you as possible.

    Party Directions
    
    I'll send directions offline, so if you plan to attend, please send 
    mail to me directly and put "DEJAVU Party" in the Subject line, and 
    I'll send them on to you.  

    Party Location and Drumming

    The party headquarters will be at my place, and for those of you who
    like to drum, the clubhouse will be available.  (The cost is $35 for
    the day, so a small contribution of a dollar or two from each person
    drumming would be most welcome, but not necessary.)
    
    Party Food and Drink

    Party will be potluck - I will be making eggplant parmesan, salad, and
    apple crisp, and will provide such things as cups, plates, plasticware,
    napkins, and ice.  So please bring a dish to pass (let me know though,
    what you're thinking of bringing for coordination purposes).  Given 
    the significant number of people who are vegetarian these days (myself
    included (;^)), a non-meat dish is preferred.  BYOB, but NO alcohol 
    please.

    Esoteric Stuff

    Things like tarot decks and related items are most welcome, but NO
    Ouija-type boards please.
 
    Children

    Children of all ages are most welcome, however just to let you know
    that my house is not sufficiently childproof for the littler ones.

    Allergies

    I have 2 cats, if that makes a difference to anyone.  

    Healing Networking

    If you are in one of the healing arts - including astrology, massage,
    Super Blue Green Algae, Herbalife (;^), esoteric bookstores, polarity
    therapy, Reiki, and the like - then please do bring your business cards 
    and information about your offerings for sharing purposes.  
   
    Looking forward!
    
    Cindy

    Sad news.
    
    Adam (Wolf Man) Dyson from Europe is unable to make the party.
    He starts his new job in the UK on Monday and has to work on
    the weekend to get a release out the door.  He's bummed too and will be
    in touch as soon as he gets an Email account.  He hopes to visit us
    later on in the year.  Maybe for New Year's Eve, Wolf Man?
    
    	*Stella*

    
    Oh no!  That's too bad.  Thanks for letting us know, Stella.
    
    Cindy

    Hi,
    
    I haven't registered in this notesfile yet, but I read it from time
    to time.  I find all of this stuff interesting.  About the party
    what does "BYOB no alchohol" mean?  I see that we can bring 
    children, but are we allowed to invite a few of our friends, who
    are also very interesed in these things?  Makes it easier, especially
    when you don't really know anybody there.  
    
    Thanks............Maryann

    >what does "BYOB no alchohol"
    
    Bring Your Own Bottle.
    
    Jamie.

    
    Where 'Bottle' something to drink other than alcohol (soda, bottled 
    water, etc).
    
    Children are fine, and a significant other is fine too, however 
    I'd prefer you not to bring friends unless I know them, since it 
    is my home.
    
    Cindy

    so who is going to the party tomorrow?
    what time will you be there?
    what are you bringing?
    
    I plan to get there early afternoon.  I'm bringing
    pasta/chicken/spinach casserole.
    
    	*Stella*

    I'm not sure of what exact time. Depends on how the morning goes and
    what errands I have to run. I'm bringing loaves of sweet breads.
    (Pumpkin, blueberry, and raspberry).
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    
    	By the time the sun descends the forest rooftops, this pagan lad
    and his merry lass will greet your harvest threshold.  We'll be
    bringing a pie made of the forbidden knowledge fruit, cleverly
    sneaked out of the Garden with the aid of our reptilian familiar.
        Off now, to cut a fresh willow bough!
    Billm
    	

    Thank you Cindy for sharing your home with us. A nice time and nice
    people. I wish that I could have stayed longer. Linda did love the
    Captain's books, so that was a pleasure also.
    
    Again, thank you so much, Cindy.
    
    Bright Blessings,
    
    PJ

    Cindy!  ditto what PJ said!  you are a grand hostess.
    
    I enjoyed meeting everyone and seeing the old-timers so much.  It was
    a great get-together.

        
    You're quite welcome!  I really enjoyed having everyone over - my place
    has some very nice vibes in it now.  (;^)  I couldn't help but deviate
    from my diet somewhat to sample the cider, apple pies, sweetbreads, and 
    other desserts later on (shh...)...all of which were most appreciated!  
    The party ended around 11:11pm with a short drumming session in my living
    room.
    
    The kitties lapped up all of your attention and compliments.  (;^) 
    
    Same time next year...I'm hoping to have an annual DEJAVU gathering as
    close to the 11/11 date as possible...probably the weekend after that,
    so if you leave the company, please keep in touch.
    
    Cindy

    Thank you from this corner also, Cindy.  You did a lot of work cooking
    in the kitchen all day and I know everyone appreciated it!  Sorry I
    missed the drumming.  I did think of it on the way home and also
    wondered if Bill took any pictures for his book.  I didn't remember him
    takiny any while I was there.
    
    Good company, good food and nice cats!
    
    Pat

    
    	belated, dittos Cindy!  You were a great hostess!  We had a nice
    time and I enjoyed putting faces to names. I mentally took pictures,
    Stella!  When we left, I followed backroads all the way to Route 113
    in Dunstable.  I just went the way that "felt" right.  remarkably,
    we came out right in Dunstable center.  How appropiate, for a Deja
    Vu after party commute! Just don't ask me to find the way again! BillM

    
    That's great, Bill - I'm so glad you and your wife could attend!  It
    was really nice to meet you both, and to finally see you in person for 
    the first time.  (;^)  Was it still light out when you took the backroads 
    - that's a *really* pretty drive through there.  If not, you'll just have
    to do it again sometime.  (;^)  Btw, you're still awfully tall, y'know.
    
    Cindy 

    Cindy!  Insomnia?  Your wrote that note at 2 am?

    .57 Bill
    
    You have a lovely wife!

         
    Yep!  (;^)
    
    Cindy

    
    	Thanks, All!  Ha! Ha! But tell them what time it was 
    down under, Cindy!
    
    BillM

    
    Oh geez...well, um, yes...as a matter of fact, I think I did place 
    a call to downunder that night...(;^)  They're now 16 hours ahead of
    us, or 6pm.
    
    Cindy