Val is going to take a break until Nov. 1st...

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 18, 2003

Dear SW List Members:
I want to apologize to everyone if I seem nervous these days. The truth
is, I am...but not because of any of you. I am grateful to Daniel and
Ingvild and Charles and Nitsu and Bill and others for making such
excellent suggestions for new symbols, and I also have the Irish
writing to me privately, requesting approximately 15 new handshapes in
SignBank 2004...Meanwhile, I have found myself feeling increasingly
stressed by these requests...But that is my fault!  Not any of yours!
You are all wonderful people and I am very very lucky to have you
working with me ---Without you, we would have nothing!

So here is what I suggest....I think I need to take a few days off,
from the List, so that I can calm down and get some bed rest. And that
will give me time to write some grants, since I have no money and I
need that too...;-)

And I hope you all will continue writing messages on the SignWriting
List, and that you all know that I am happy to face the issues of more
handshapes in the future...So I plan to be back on the List on November
1st...

Have a wonderful October, everyone!

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

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