Finger tapping.......sighing.

Is there anybody there?

Helloooooooooooo!

I'm here! The party can begin.

Maybe we should offer free virtual coffee!

Or maybe we should invite everyone for a weekly live morning chat about the premiere issue. And then we could all talk about our favorite coffee--or for those more inclined, Tea. I can talk about Greek coffee. Ken makes that for me every weekend.

I know! We can pretend to be in an outdoor cafe in a different country each week--Paris, Pylos, Vienna, Cairo, Sydney, Taiwan.

Coffee...did you say coffee? Now you're talking. I'm a coffeeholic. Don't tell me off Lee about my spelling! I love coffee, in fact when I'm living my dreams I'm going to run our business from Starbucks. How fantastic is that?

I guess we should take advantage of the quiet times on the forums. At least we can agree with ourselves.

Hey Lee did you see the new video on the website Tya Totem Earth Guardians? It's an awesome film called Home. It says we only have 10 years left to save the planet!

Lee I've just noticed - you missed out the UK!!!

I'm here now. Look forward to catching up with everyone.

Great to meet you lotus blossom. We'd love to know more about you. It's a small community at the moment but growing day by day. It's more important for us to have the right people than loads of people.

Hope you're having a good Sunday.

Ah yes, a hot steaming cup of coffee! Here's one, now let's get started. Who wants to begin with some conversation?.............Ok then, I'll begin......

How terribly sad that we've seen the passing of so many beloved performers lately. David Carradine, Ed McMahan, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. I must admit that it has all left me feeling quite blue. So many passings in such a short amount of time is so very sad.

Wow Heartlight you are just what we needed in our community. You have jumped right it and how welcome that is. Thanks for the coffee. I drink loads so if you could keep the supply going that would be great.

I cried about Michael Jackson. Although it's been a sad week for losing people, I have felt MJ's death more keenly. I guess because we were the same age, and I grew up with him in a way. He was a genius, and often misunderstood. I wonder if he was an HSP!

Your welcome, and it's my pleasure!

Yes, Michaels death has effected me the most as well. I've been crying off and on all morning. I'm glad to hear someone else mention the possible connection between Michael and HSP. I have always thought this was the case with him. I even did some online research to see if there was any mention of it, but I never found anything. However.....I watched the 20/20 special last night and in every one of those interviews, he struck me as HSP. I feel quite sad that he may have never even heard of it and so probably lived his life in seclusion feeling miserable so much of the time. He was a phenomenon, essentric, intelligent, gifted, sad, troubled and in the end, mostly alone. I think he was never understood. He was not part of our world, that's for sure. He was a loner in a lot of ways. It has always amazed me how his onstage persona is so different than when he's not on stage. I will miss him terribly and am glad to see news articles now proclaiming him to be The King Of Pop instead of always saying in the past, "self proclaimed king of pop". That always bothered me that the press did that. He was undoubtedly The King Of Pop of a very long time. Rest in peace Michael Jackson. Your soul is free now.

I agree with all your comments about Michael. It always seemed to me that because he couldn't live a normal life, he distracted himself and dissociated from the 'norm'. Therefore, (IMO)his thoughts and desires were innocent. He was truly a genius. I do hope that he found some happiness and comfort in recent years.