{"id":10673,"date":"2009-02-28T23:16:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T04:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10673"},"modified":"2011-12-23T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T14:40:46","slug":"just-getting-to-know-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2009\/02\/28\/just-getting-to-know-you\/","title":{"rendered":"just getting to know you"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/strong><\/em>e wouldn’t be the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang, if we weren’t frantically scampering to meet a self-imposed deadline on a Saturday night.\u00a0 It’s a good thing we can re-use the same words written the first time<\/a> we closed down this weblog, in October 2003, with only minor changes:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Doing ethicalEsq<\/em><\/span> f\/k\/a<\/em> has been a very rewarding experience, whether the correspondents agreed with me or not.\u00a0 Until I started a web journal, [my f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang of alter egos] thought the internet might be used to sustain established friendships and relationships (mostly with email), but couldn\u2019t possibly create new ones of any significant value.\u00a0 Well, I was wrong.<\/p>\n

Comments and e-correspondence sparked by this website have put me in touch with some very good [talented and interesting] human beings, who can scarcely be blamed for being lawyers [or haiku poets].\u00a0\u00a0 Although they’re a lot busier than I am, I hope to continue to connect with them across cyberspace.<\/p>\n

At the end of this posting, I’ve listed (alphabetically<\/span> fairly randomly) a number of the web-log related folks who have become more than just pixelated names to me, due to the quality and\/or quantity of their communications, insights, inspiration, or assistance.<\/p>\n

sweet grapes
\nthe conversation passes
\nbetween friends<\/p>\n

\u2026 by Hilary Tann – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> VIII:1<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Far more often than I could have imagined 6 years ago, this weblog has sparked real conversations — the kind that nurture real friendships.\u00a0\u00a0 Before I list the names of people across the blogisphere who have been the most generous to me and this weblog, I want to share some haiku and senryu about conversations.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The poems are written by poets who I only knew as highly-respected members of the haijin community when I approached them a few years ago (to ask if I could use their poems at f\/k\/a<\/em>).\u00a0 But, each has become a good friend, who will surely remain at the center of my emotional\/social life for decades to come.<\/p>\n

April shower —
\nmaking small talk
\nunder the awning<\/p>\n

video chat —
\ntouching the gap
\nin her baby teeth<\/p>\n

…. by Yu Chang
\n“April shower” – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2004\/II)
\n“video chat” – Shiki Haikusphere 10th Anniversary Anthology<\/em> (2007)<\/p>\n

talking divorce \"\"<\/a>
\nhe pours his coffee
\nthen mine<\/p>\n

talking in bed
\nI forget his name\u2026
\nsecond husband<\/p>\n

talk of war
\nthe spin cycle’s
\nsteady hum<\/p>\n

blackout–
\nmy son speaks a secret
\ni always knew<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by Roberta Beary
\n\u201ctalking divorce\u201d – The Unworn Necklace<\/em> (2007)
\n“talking in bed” – Shamrock Haiku Journal<\/em> (Issue 5, 2008)<\/p>\n

Father’s Day
\nshe tells me
\nI’m not the father<\/p>\n

in the pollen
\non my car
\nher signature<\/p>\n

on the beach
\nthe tracks of two
\nlounge chairs<\/p>\n

dining alone \"\"<\/a>
\nI rehearse
\na conversation<\/p>\n

… by John Stevenson
\n“Christmas Day” – Some of the Silence<\/em> (Red Moon Press,1999)
\n“in the pollen” & “on the beach” & “dining alone” – Quiet Enough<\/em> (Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/p>\n

after the argument
\nrestringing
\nthe antique marionette<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> dim sum
\nwe share
\nfish stories<\/p>\n

morning rain
\ni apologize for something
\ni said in my sleep<\/p>\n

small talk
\nat the end of a long day
\nfireflies<\/p>\n

… by Ed Markowski
\n“after the argument” – mayfly spring<\/em> 02<\/p>\n

her words sting \u2013
\nthe mosquitos take me
\njust as I am<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

it\u2019s pink! it\u2019s purple!
\nsunset inspires
\nmore bickering<\/p>\n

silently
\nshe lures me to the kitchen
\npeeled tangerine<\/p>\n

…. by David Giacalone
\n“her words sting” – Frogpond<\/em>, XXIX: 3 Fall 2006
\n“it’s pink!” – – Frogpond<\/em> Vol. XXVIII, #2 (2005); haiga photo: A.J. Giacalone
\n“silently” – Walking the Same Path<\/em> (HSA, 2004 Members\u2019 Anthology<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> W<\/em>ith our midnight deadline looming (and a real farewell post still “in the typewriter”), I want to quickly list the people who have made more than a passing impression on me, through their interactions around this weblog — from lots of “link love” and inspriation at their own blawgs, to thoughtful comments or consistent silent cyber-visits, to direct email communications, occasional phone calls, and even lunch dates in the “real” world.\u00a0 Sincere thanks and best wishes to each of you.<\/p>\n

In the “blawgisphere<\/strong>: Anne Reed at Deliberations<\/em><\/a>; Anne Skove at Court-o-rama<\/em><\/a>; Laura Orr at Oregon Legal Research<\/em>; Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 Carolyn Elefant at My Shingle<\/em><\/a>; Bob Ambrogi at Legal Blog Watch<\/em><\/a>; the infamous and incomparable “Ed Post” at Blawg Review<\/em><\/a>; Diane Levin at Mediation Channel<\/em><\/a>; Walter Olson at Overlawyered.com<\/em><\/a>; Elie Mystal at Above the Law<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 Stephanie West Allen at IdeaLawg<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 Gideon at A Public Defende<\/em><\/a>r; Eric Turkewitz at New York P\/I Lawyer;<\/em><\/a> Dan Hull at What About Clients<\/em>;<\/a> Alan Childress at the Legal Profession Blog<\/a><\/em>; Marco Randazza at The Legal Satyricon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

On the haiku side of the cyberspace<\/strong>: Matt Morden at Morden Haiku<\/em><\/a>; Don Wentworth of Issa’s Tidy Hut<\/a><\/em>;<\/a> Curtis Dunlap at Tobacco Road Poet<\/em><\/a>;<\/p>\n

plus haijin frequent visitors<\/em>: George Swede; Charlie Trumball; Ed Markowski; Roberta Beary; Collin Barber; John Stevenson; Carolyn Hall; Laryalee Fraser; & Yu Chang<\/p>\n

Shout-outs to<\/em>: Don Hutcheson<\/a> at The Complete Lawyer<\/em>; Tim Kevan<\/a> at Barrister Blog<\/em>, the bi-bloggy George M. Wallace<\/a>; Greg Beck at Consumer Law & Policy Blog<\/em><\/a>; Jo-Ann Schrom at RotterdamNY<\/em>.info; Rev. David Hess; James R. Elkins of the Legal Studies Forum<\/em>; Bob Eckstein of Today’s Snowman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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