I was ‘dan’ back then from around 2001 onwards. Always wanted this username though!!
Such a great place, got married and had kids while active here. Divorced now and the kids are teenagers. So many names I remember from back in the day. Hello again, everyone!!
Hi, I’m Helen - same user name as before. I think I joined Murmurs in 2001 and have really missed it. I’m pretty much the same as before just older. The highlight of my intervening years was finally making the pilgrimage to Athens in 2017 with my daughter.
This is so strange. It feels like coming home after a long time away and seeing so many familiar faces, and thinking of some who are no longer with us; I choked up when I thought of Steve (Wingnut) who who have just loved this. Happy to see you all again.
Hi Helen! Great to see you back. Welcome home 
Hi friend! I’m glad to see you.
Hey Beth! Great to see you here! You dropped the warm and fuzzy? 
Huzzah! I’m in PVD. Where are you?
This whole thing is making me worry about my memory as I age, because I don’t have nearly as many distinct memories about everyone here as a lot of people do. It’s like little bits emerging from a fog. I recognize most of us but 20+ years is a long time.
Hi Joni! Good to see you and hear you are both flourishing!! 
True that. Which is why in some of my posts I am reaching out to my partner in crime sometimes: Etty.
Haha. She’s not wrong…
When I went to my high school reunion, they had a slide show and it felt like everyone lived in a different universe than me. I knew the people, but had none of the same memories.
However, here, I lived it so deeply I remember everything.
I went to my 5 year high school reunion and they all went to see Raymond the Amish Comic and laughed their heads off. That’s when I realized we were on deeply different paths and, while I had been friends with them in high school, I needed to get out.
The joy of Murmurs is that it was a chosen group, built on shared affinity vs geography.
I must share this with the world: my high school reunion (25 years) was postponed indefinitely because no one cared. I know that because I was the one who tried to organize it.
Sure, in here it is not as traditional as in the States.
My 10-year high school reunion (back in 2000) was awkward. 10 years was too soon for everyone to get back together after high school. People were sizing each other up, trying to figure out which ones were the wealthiest and such. There was an distinct air of one-upmanship. The reunion was a cash bar affair, with everyone wearing their best clothes.
My 20-year reunion, in 2010, was a million times better. People were all laid-back, casually-dressed, and simply happy to see one another. The atmosphere was infinitely more congenial, as though people had realized that simply being alive and on the right side of the grass was more importantly than external success.
My 30-year reunion did not happen in 2020, because of the COVID lockdown, but this here Murmurs relaunch fills the void quite well.
EDIT: I was a groomsman at a high school friend’s wedding on Leap Year Weekend, February 2020, just a week or two before the whole world stopped. That was one of the most fun weekends of my life, and I am happy that I had those good feelings bottled up during the lockdowns that followed. I guess that was a high school reunion of sorts.
Remlovegod then and now… Must of joined in the early oughts and I mainly commented on collecting and live shows. Still in south Florida but my interests have turned from collecting to deep sea fishing with my lovely wife who, when we first started dating was using my computer one day and was googling something and Murmurs.com came up in my history and she panicked and thought Oh no hes ill lol Thanks Ethan having this site back is the second best thing next to…well we know thats not gonna happen so maybe its the first!
Wow, so many familiar names, but I’m not sure who would remember me.
I was in college ('97-'01) far from home in Tennessee, listening to primarily R.E.M. and classical music, and during my senior year some really awesome Murmurs folks helped me get through a tough breakup.
I also remember hearing a lot about Kid A on Murmurs, and based on that I got it myself, which would eventually lead toward other musical explorations and becoming a songwriter.
Still love R.E.M., still play violin and guitar, glad to see this community come back.
Wow! This is bringing back so many memories! I’m Lorri, I was ghamina on Murmurs and met my husband Ross through the site. Back then I was living in Utah and Ross was in Cornwall (southwest UK). We’ve been married for nearly 20 years now and have two kids, Jamie (13) and Miles (10) so that is another couple of Murmurs babies to add to the list. I’m a graphic designer and nearly finished with an MA in Graphic Design this year (no clue why I thought that would be a good idea on top of work and family!) Happy living near the beach in Cornwall.
Hey! I remember this!
OMG you two! I was thinking of yiz the other day wondering how you were!
