leonardcohenforum.com

MBSky

my apologies for delaying in responding to your post.

Shwmae does indeed translate from Welsh (Cymraeg) into English (Saesneg) as hello or welcome.

It's just a welcome from this green and pleasant land to a stranger who I shall probably never meet.

JTS

Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you...Thank you again for your very nice words and suggestion...and I am very sorry for my delay in answering you, but I've been very busy for the last few days...
I'll be so happy if I can post my picture there...
I can see nothing wrong with that...just a huge pleasure for me...and I feel like one of my dreams is coming true...
so, I'll try to do it very soon...
we'll see if they will accept me there
keep my warm regards

Iubita

Hi Iubita ~

Whew ! I hope so, too...... .

~ Elizabeth

Hi Elizabeth,

I've sent my photo...now I am waiting to see if I am accepted...
I hope, but we'll see...
thanks for encouraging me to do it...

Love, Light

Iubita

Iubita -

Accepted you are anyway...
I share your hope, but we'll have to wait for Jarkko's decision. (If you ask me, Jarkko, I'd say: Iubita is a "Beautiful Loser" more than qualified for the Gallery...)

Tom

Tom, that's a nice thing to say to Iubita. Welcome indeed, Iubita and i look forward to seeing your face in the gallery.
The reality is that none of us are Losers, for we are all on this Board and have so much to gain from each other.......................
Georges

Georges

In fact we are Losers: As Hemingway once wrote, "the winner takes nothing", but as you rightly pointed out: around here we can gain and take so much valuable things from each other...

I took much - I must be a loser then...

Tom

Dear Diana/Iubita!

Thanks for the photo! I will keep it here for a while, because it would be a
bit early for The Gallery: you have joined the Forum less than one month ago.

During my years as the webmaster I have had to formulate some
kind of policy for The Gallery. Otherwise there would be lots of
photos of persons who have disappeared soon after sending their
photos just on the spur of the moment.

I'm posting photos of people who are not "just" fans but ALSO have in
some way shown long time activity in our little Cohen "community":

- they have been sending contributions for the LC Files,
- have taken actively part in the threads on the Forum, official board
or the LC Newsgroup, or been a regular visitor to the chatroom for some time.
- are hosting Cohen websites, have written books or articles on Cohen, are Event organizers
- OR have some other demonstration of their action.

With "long time activity" I in principle mean some six months on
The Forum, but this has to be flexible - we must also pay attention to the number (and contents) of postings.

Summa summarum: let's wait a couple of months, and then it's time to get in!
Meanwhile, let's keep the photo here:

Diana Montchovska
/Iubita/
Toronto, Canada
dmontsoul@yahoo.ca

This was not only to Iubita but to all Forum members. And this is what I
have written to many who have sent their photos. It would be unfair to
them if the strategy suddenly changed.

There are many participants here who already meet the criteria - so
please let me have your photos for the Gallery!

Happy Summer Days to all (although it is again raining here in Finland)

Jarkko

Iubita! [aka Diana] ~

You have EXACTLY-to-a-tee the look I imagined, Iubita! You're stunningly beautiful! There's not a shred of doubt in my mind that you'll still be here and active when that prerequisite timeline and participation factor are crossed. Meanwhile, you've crossed a threshold unique unto yourself by appearing here ! You've also served to facilitate a valuable purpose of clarification for other members and joiners. All's well that ends well.....it's more than halfway there, and it surely will ! Thank you, Jarkko, for your expert handling ~ didn't mean to put you on the spot, either.

Hey, I'd wanted to ask you the meaning of your name [Iubita] ~ now that I see you're Diana ~ how about Iubita? What's the meaning of it/behind it/whatever? It looks so great in print, and if I'm pronouncing it correctly, sounds great, too.

Welcome again, Beautiful Winner [I mean Loser ] !

~ Elizabeth

Clarification: When I said "it's more than halfway there," I meant in "spirit of the 'law' " ~ not "letter of the 'law'." Six months will pass quickly.

Thanks for the explanation JTS - guess I could have looked it up but thought it might be quicker just to ask you I haven't been to Wales, but travelled to England and had a short stop in Ireland back in the 70's - yes I think Wales would be very green and very pleasant!

Hi Ibutita - not sure I have the spelling correct (Diane) - yes, great poem, so much like love isn't it? Are you willing to "give" the game to win? Great analogy!

Also to Cohen Knight - you are a fantastic 17 yr old! My kids at home (16&17) roll their eyes when I play Cohen, but my older daughter (23) knows...she probably heard the Cohen influence more when she was young than my new teens.

Hello Forum, Hello Friends, Hello Beautiful Losers...

who said Friday 13 is bringing "Bad Luck"?...may be it is... but not for me and not today...
today was a wonderful day....and I am singing...I am flying...I am so happy...my Soul celebrates the connection with you...
thanks to everyone here at the Forum...without friends as Tom, George, MBSky, who have given their hands and support me...without you, Elizabeth... this "trespassing" of the low wouldn't be possible...
thank you, Jarrko, for this very special treatment...and for accepting me so well...and you are right we can get the good things when we really deserve...so, I am starting slowly to prepare myself for another step...the best thing is when we can go ahead and there is a goal...and we know that "everything is coming when we are ready"...this law we can never trespass...
thanks again, Elizabeth, for your very beautiful message...I have no words...I can only say that today even people from the subway they've became aware of I am a Beautiful Winner they read it into my eyes ...
Dear Elizabeth, about the name Iubita you are very right...as always ...the meaning of it is very sweet...but it's so close to my Heart...so, I'll keep it there for a little while...

May G-d Bless every Beautiful Loser in the World...

Iubita

Thank you for your beautiful message, Iubita. I appreciate your words . I know the others do, too. With regard to your name, I understand.....oh, how I understand. Knowing its significance to that extent is enough in itself. May it remain in your heart forever.....a well-kept secret, by the guardian of Love and Light. It's a great photo of you, too.....and very nice subway story . Happy Friday the 13th . Pay no attention if GMT says it's Saturday. Where I'm at, sending my wishes to where you're at, it's still Friday for both of us .

~ Elizabeth

yes, Elizabeth,
sometimes we are very far as a distance and time, but the most important is that we are close as a sensibility...that' is why we are here together...writing, talking and enjoying the same things....
thanks a lot you are liking my photo...I am not taking pictures very often...and usually I don't like them too much...but this is just one of them that I do...anyway...we should be beautiful mostly inside...so, I think, when I feel mature and put my EGO to stay quiet...
I wanted to tell you more and more about this very nice surprise today when I've seen my picture there...but I didn't want to bother you with this too much...
thanks Lyzzytish... you've proved me in such a beautiful way that you are with me...you've made something that I can never believed it will happen...and I really enjoy every second of my being here...with you and the Forum...
sometimes the words are not enough...to express our feelings...
I don't know how many hours is the difference that we have...so, I don't know what to say...
so, I'll say: Enjoy it!...

Iubita

Ahhh, feel free to express your feelings to such a surprize.....I know you had to be shocked and thrilled, both. Whatever your dream coming true is, I hope it fits in with it. I won't be bothered at all to hear more, and I'm sure there are others who can relate to how they would feel and would enjoy reading it, too. Yes, very nice photo ~ your depth shows in it. I'm so glad you like it here. I feel it's a wonderful place with many, equally wonderful people. You'll get to know many of them better and see. With our time zones, I think we're in the same one, despite the distance.

As a matter of fact, it is now Saturday.....and time for bed . Goodnite.

~ Elizabeth

Never argue with the Administrator... (I know what I'm talking about, being the Admin for an application and a database myself) ... especially don't start an argument, when he has found such a beautiful compromise.

Iubita (Diane) -

Elizabeth was right. You look exactly the way your words had made me imagine you'd look. And sooner or later [sooner, I'd say, judging from the "number (and content) of postings"] the picture will find it's rightful place in the Gallery of Beautiful Losers/Winners...

Being in Toronto, Diane, did you have the chance to listen to and look at Nancy's Leonard Cohen event on May 17th? (If so, you could tell us all about it! The thread is still waiting for someone to report...)

May Love and Light always shine on you

Tom