Post by Jenny on Jul 4, 2020 6:37:14 GMT -5
On July 1st Dal wrote the following. He has since closed all comments. Independence Day......
dal on July 1, 2020 at 11:20 am said:
On July 4th this page will close to new comments.
The blog will remain viewable but comments will no longer be allowed.
If Forrest makes a new announcement I will publish the announcement on the blog. Other than that, the blog will be available only as an archive and not as a place for discussion.
I just want to thank all the fine folks that contributed to this blog over it’s nearly nine year run. There have been fun times, heartbreaks and immense growth here.
The chase was a great deal of fun for me. I met many new friends while searching and I explored wonderful new (to me) places in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
Most of all, I want to thank Forrest for making the last ten years meaningful, exciting and joyful.
The folks on this blog not only took…but also gave and did great work over the years. In 2013 we raised $28,124 to help Renelle pay for her cancer treatments:
dalneitzel.com/2013/12/04/salute-to-a-warrior/
In 2017 we raised $7,624 for the Santa Fe Children’s Museum by raffling a bag of chewed up money that Forrest donated:
dalneitzel.com/2017/02/13/raffle_money/
In 2018 the search community raised over $58,000 for Jdiggins when she lost her home in the California fires.
dalneitzel.com/2018/08/08/jdiggins/
As I write this the search community is helping Focused get the funds needed to publish a book of his beautiful poetry.
Speaking of Focused…I want to thank him for bringing so much poetry to this blog. He not only wrote about a third of the 6,000 or so poems that appear here but he inspired hundreds of others to contribute. Forrest started this chase with a poem and a book and it is fitting that Focused will continue Forrest’s good-will effort with a book of beautiful poetry.
We have held contests to name cats, make hats, tell stories, create shadows and have fun…cuz that’s what life is about.
Forrest once sent out a piece of honest-to-god mastodon tusk to anyone on the blog who sent him a self addressed envelope. I mean where in the hell else are you going to find a buddy who can give you a piece of mastodon???
I will, til my dying day, revel in the memories of Fennboree. Seeing Forrest embraced, admired and loved by the company of those he inspired to find his chest and play in the mountains.
I loved my time with Forrest, sitting in his big room surrounded by his adventures and filming his wonderful stories. It was great fun watching him share his fly tying expertise and share in his unbridled enthusiasm for pottery shards. He once said to me that we ought to head up to Yellowstone and fish the Madison…I regret that we never got to do that. I would have loved that experience.
In spite of the fact that it was not me who found the chest, I applaud the finder for his wisdom and luck.
I wish Goofy good tidings and fair weather.
I thank Chris for stepping up to keep this blog standing when the attack was relentless.
To all those wanna-be poachers, trolls, spammers and woofers…I say “fuck you”. We made it work in spite of you.
It is now a bitter, bitter end to witness greed in the shape of pernicious litigation and malevolent spite that has accumulated against Forrest. I know that most humans are wonderful people but I have also learned that some are despicable and have no more function in the world than to spread hatred and create a malicious environment in a place that was intended to be joyful and playful. I don’t know what makes them tick and I don’t care.
I wish Peggy and Forrest the very very best. I know that the good which Forrest has inspired in the form of honor, trust, adventure and exploration will continue for generations and I hope he is proud of the joy and honor the chase has brought so many of us. My admiration is bottomless…
Thanks to all of you…good luck and stay healthy…
-dal
dal on July 1, 2020 at 11:20 am said:
On July 4th this page will close to new comments.
The blog will remain viewable but comments will no longer be allowed.
If Forrest makes a new announcement I will publish the announcement on the blog. Other than that, the blog will be available only as an archive and not as a place for discussion.
I just want to thank all the fine folks that contributed to this blog over it’s nearly nine year run. There have been fun times, heartbreaks and immense growth here.
The chase was a great deal of fun for me. I met many new friends while searching and I explored wonderful new (to me) places in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
Most of all, I want to thank Forrest for making the last ten years meaningful, exciting and joyful.
The folks on this blog not only took…but also gave and did great work over the years. In 2013 we raised $28,124 to help Renelle pay for her cancer treatments:
dalneitzel.com/2013/12/04/salute-to-a-warrior/
In 2017 we raised $7,624 for the Santa Fe Children’s Museum by raffling a bag of chewed up money that Forrest donated:
dalneitzel.com/2017/02/13/raffle_money/
In 2018 the search community raised over $58,000 for Jdiggins when she lost her home in the California fires.
dalneitzel.com/2018/08/08/jdiggins/
As I write this the search community is helping Focused get the funds needed to publish a book of his beautiful poetry.
Speaking of Focused…I want to thank him for bringing so much poetry to this blog. He not only wrote about a third of the 6,000 or so poems that appear here but he inspired hundreds of others to contribute. Forrest started this chase with a poem and a book and it is fitting that Focused will continue Forrest’s good-will effort with a book of beautiful poetry.
We have held contests to name cats, make hats, tell stories, create shadows and have fun…cuz that’s what life is about.
Forrest once sent out a piece of honest-to-god mastodon tusk to anyone on the blog who sent him a self addressed envelope. I mean where in the hell else are you going to find a buddy who can give you a piece of mastodon???
I will, til my dying day, revel in the memories of Fennboree. Seeing Forrest embraced, admired and loved by the company of those he inspired to find his chest and play in the mountains.
I loved my time with Forrest, sitting in his big room surrounded by his adventures and filming his wonderful stories. It was great fun watching him share his fly tying expertise and share in his unbridled enthusiasm for pottery shards. He once said to me that we ought to head up to Yellowstone and fish the Madison…I regret that we never got to do that. I would have loved that experience.
In spite of the fact that it was not me who found the chest, I applaud the finder for his wisdom and luck.
I wish Goofy good tidings and fair weather.
I thank Chris for stepping up to keep this blog standing when the attack was relentless.
To all those wanna-be poachers, trolls, spammers and woofers…I say “fuck you”. We made it work in spite of you.
It is now a bitter, bitter end to witness greed in the shape of pernicious litigation and malevolent spite that has accumulated against Forrest. I know that most humans are wonderful people but I have also learned that some are despicable and have no more function in the world than to spread hatred and create a malicious environment in a place that was intended to be joyful and playful. I don’t know what makes them tick and I don’t care.
I wish Peggy and Forrest the very very best. I know that the good which Forrest has inspired in the form of honor, trust, adventure and exploration will continue for generations and I hope he is proud of the joy and honor the chase has brought so many of us. My admiration is bottomless…
Thanks to all of you…good luck and stay healthy…
-dal
