Slow and steady sounds good...from The Beat Goes On to These Boots Are Made for Walking...keep on keeping on, Mark! Was just reading about the Tractorcade today (organized by Family Farm Defenders) in Wisconsin and thinking about all you've taught us about what it means to be a farmer. xo Lainie
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JeanLuc says "let it be so". We've been on tsunami watch here since 5 AM, so also looking forward to a good night's sleep. Hope all is well with all of you. xo Sheri
On March 11, 2011...
Talk about a heart connection. Keep it up, Mark! So glad you´re up and about already! Amazing to hear of all the other parts of this community. Tsunami warning in SC?! Awaiting the end of the Mayan calendar here in Merida (just another Y2K?!). Thanks for maintaining the continuity -THAT´S a gift of the heart! Holding you close in these tender times -Dan.
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Sweet! Amazing quick recovery for all you had done! Mark super rocks! No problem making baseball, most people couldn't have done so much so soon.
As we know Mark Is a ROCK STAR!
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Sweet dreams, Dad - Love, Crazy Maizie and Lovey McCovey
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Thank you thank you thank you for these updates. It feels so good to get news like this.
- Todd
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Wow, great job Mark. So impressed and of course you wake up and make jokes. Take care and don't laugh too hard please.
Smile of restraint and deep relief you're doing well,
Nina
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Power on down the hall, though I don't guess it was a 50 yard dash - but moving forward just as we imagined. Now all those tubes and valves and veins and such can just settle themselves into all the right places. Hurray for you, Mark.
Beth
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So happy to hear that you managed to "boogie to the beat" right down the hall today! Great news. Keep up the good work, cuz!
-Michael Lipson
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ML- so so glad to hear you are doing so well. Big hugs from SC.
- brise, micah, jack, and amelia rain
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wow, that is walking your talk!
more power to you, Mark.
suburb news, just like we expected.
still more love and ju-ju coming your way, Bu
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Hey Man. Sounds like you're the Energizer Bunny. What a ride.
Wayne H.
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So, when things went a bit sideways there, was Jerry on the other side of the light in a tie dyed robe withe "friend of the devil" playing in the background!?
Rog
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Holy smokes, Batman! Up and walking around? Damn, I am impressed. You're rockin', Mark. Loving all this great news. Watching baseball? Heck, you'll be playing it before you're outa cardiac ICU!
xxoo
Jennifer in D'port
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Hi Mark-
Glad to hear of your progress. Best wishes for a speedy recovery,
Mike Martinez, Washington, DC
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Hey, Mark, great to hear that all has gone well and that you're watching a game. We've been rooting for you!
Best,
Dusty (of Kim and Dusty)
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Nice work, Mark -- you got the beat!
At 5 am Lisa's sister called from the East Coast warning us of the impending tsunami that was expected to pummel the Santa Cruz Coast around 8am. After clearing the fog from our heads and scoffing at the absurdity of that possibility, we decided to head for higher ground, seeking refuge at a friend's house in the Soquel mountains, with Sadie (dog) and Blue (cat) in tow. At about 8am, we watched the live video cam of Cowell's beach as the surf of the mighty Pacific slowly receded and the amazing ocean bottom revealed itself. One surfer was immobilized by the in/out of the tides but, he eventually broke free and made his way to shore. The other seven waited in the ocean in anticipation of that special wave that never arrived, much to our relief.
May you gently surf the waves to full recovery!
Thinking of you and sending you virtual hugs,
Lisa, Jay, Sadie & Blue
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Hey to all the Lipsons! SOOO glad to hear things are progressing nicely!!! Here's hoping the rest is a cakewalk.
Peter & Mindy
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Still right here with you. Thanks for the frequent up-dates. Big hugs. Carolee
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Hey Mark- glad to hear the beat goes on. I like your photo postings.
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Slippy. Sheri got called in by the Red Cross for the tsunami warning at 04:45 this morning. She is at the fire station now.,08:31 in California. The ocean looks pretty normal from here with the occaisonal big wave breaking further out. Beach flats has been evacuated..
We talk about you often and look foreward to our visit.
How soon can you have a wee taste of wine? We had a Pinot Noir from grapes grown on the second marine terrace,( 400 feet elevation) by John Fambrini. Way better than Condors Hope
Love ya, Joe
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Yeah! If Mark's watching baseball he must be on the mend! What a relief.
This is Kate on Friday at about 11:30 am
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It is great to hear you have smashed the ball out of infield and are heading to first base!
Valerie :-)
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mark we know it would all turn out ok. Grace and I gave prayers to you on the way home form school yesterday and the day before. So happy for you!
pamela and grace ann lipson
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Oops, that woo hoo was from Janet and Rob in Portland. Wish I was there and could give you a squeeze.
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Woo hoo! xoxox
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Ian and Paula here. Paula sends her love and hopes you get better quick. She misses you. I also :)
Wish you were here so I could pull you in for emergency babysitting. Got a call from our daycare gal that due to tsunami warnings we need to make other plans. If it is not one thing it is another.
Paula said "pop, you know what, it is party time. tinka tinka special for you Mark"
Get well quick bro, we are all carrying you in our hearts.
i
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Indeed it does. Well played, Mark, well played! Love to you, and thanks Chris for the excellent update! Lainie
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Glad to hear you're pleasantly enjoying a baseball game. What could be better!!!
Sam
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Woo Hoo Mark! You are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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good morning Mark!
Beth
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The dance floor is looking forward to your return. Dancing to your recovery - whoo hoo!!!
Love,
Gwendolyn
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Mazel tov a thousand times!
The beat, indeed, does go on.
Lots of love,
Kim
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now, that is good news.
the boy is already stepping up to the plate!!!
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Mark--
Best wishes for complete healing. Your heart is one of the greatest things about you; may that be reflected clearly in your body's condition.
Thanks for everything you've done for organic. I'm leaving OTA and the official organic world today; if you ever find yourself in western Massachusetts, I'm in the book, and at hutch@crocker.com.
Heal well--
--Tom Hutcheson
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Hi! It's Friday morning and I'm just heading to work, but I wanted to send good wishes for the day. I got a very sweet message from Ann Lipson in San Francisco last night and she sends all her love to everyone; she's getting updates from Mike, and I'll give her a call back today. Have a great day of healing! xo Lainie
On March 10, 2011...
Hey Mark,
I'm so glad to hear things are going well (thanks for all the regular updates Chris!)! I'll keep sending lots of love.
Jan
On March 10, 2011...
Hey Mark,
I'm procrastinating from writing a paper and did a google search for heart tomato. Here's what came up. Enjoy!
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1280&bih=590&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=heart+tomato&aq=f&aqi=g2g-m3&aql=f&oq=
xo,
Tracy
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Hey Slip, Emma, Stella and I just had a big hip-hip-hooray!
T
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yes, yes, yes.
you hang in there Mark.
I know this is not easy...
But you have been through so much and you can do it.
love,
jzc
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Hey, Mark. Been thinking of you again today -thanks so much to Chris for keeping the running play by play. Even here in this funky internet shop in Valladolid, fans twirling in the steamy evening heat, you´re close by. Contrasted with the Mayan images of jaguars and eagles devouring the hearts of the sacrificed -this amazing procedure is a reminder of how compassionate we can also be towards one-another. Rest well, heal strong -my thoughts and love are with you. -Dan
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Hey Slip,
You have such a strong heart in so many ways. Glad you are over the hump and hope to see you soon.
Love,
Thomas
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Mark,
I am sending tender healing thoughts to you, what a journey, what a special person...
Marilyn
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Hi Chris,
Many thanks for the loving attention to keeping us all apprised of Mark's progress. It has been so much easier to focus on sending on light and healing energy, knowing how he is doing and where he is relative to the process.
Mark, I think you have been in loving hands, literally and figuratively since this began.
hugs!!
Juli B
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what a relief, so glad its over and all is well. Thanks to Chris for all the news. Rest well and get strong, looking forward to your return.
Emily
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hi Mark, it's Lainie here about noon your time on Thursday, day after your surgery. Thinking of you, listening to some Grateful Dead for you along with Gillian Welch and others. Hope you're feeling no pain when you wake up and that all the nice people take good care of you! :) It's hard to be so far away. Love you. Keep getting better!
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chris,
thanks so much for the update. damian and i have been checking the web often, waiting or new news.
we're thinking of you all now.
x
j
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Yes!!! Cheers! Still keeping your whole family in my thoughts and prayers. Mary-Sophia
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I was thinking about you in the back of my busy-head all day yesterday and was thrilled to read your brothers good-news updates. When he said your heart was beating on its own, etc., I did a little happy dance, then ran and told my co-workers, who were very sweet but might have thought I was a bit loony.
Elaine (not your sister)
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Dear Mark,
Bob, Holly and I have been reading your journal aloud to each other and are thrilled when reading your waterfall of love letters here. We hold you in our hearts, young man. Rock steady! Love, Becca