the straw and the camel's back

[mmegaera]

Some of you will have seen this twice, but...

Well, this is the end of an epoch for me. I've been a member of the Bujold mailing list for seventeen years, but I finally unsubscribed yesterday. Not, as most people apparently do, because of the volume, at least not in the traditional sense of the word, but because that volume simply got too ugly for me to deal with anymore. I'm not in a place where I can deal with that sort of ugliness right now, and may I say now how glad I am that there are other ways I'm staying connected with the many friends I did make there, including here?

Comments

[nishatalitha]

I was sorry to hear you left (am horribly behind with various pieces of correspondence). I'm still there, but I lurk and skim most of the messages. List was shocked into dropping the fairly awful conversation and started talking about why it's great to be there instead... the last couple of days have been much more pleasant.

I also am glad for the people I have met through the list.

[mmegaera]

Thanks.

I'm glad for the list that it's doing better again for now. But at this point there's no way I'm going back.