Howdy! I have a watercolor of a Red Frog that I feel like you sent to me a way back when. Maybe I have the wrong person.
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We are so good! It is crazy how everything worked out for us.
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I think you’re right. Pretty sure you let me borrow your copy of Waiting for Godot as well!
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Hey Ross, I remember you. Welcome home!
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Oh wow, I’m still wrapping my head around Murmurs being back. I was Coriander then (I had to check with Beth to confirm), so I’ll be Coriander now. It’s hard to say who I was then otherwise, because I was so young and it’s been so long. I like to think I’ve improved. My real name is Taylor. Hi.
I first joined in 2001 or 2002. I’m not totally sure on the year, but I was a senior in high school and living in Utah. I moved to Washington state during my early Murmursian years, and still live in the Seattle area. I’ve been married to my husband John for almost 9 years, and we have 2 dogs (Spock and Chica), and 2 cats (Mao and Neko). I also have a stepson (Isak, 19), but it feels weird grouping him in with the pets, so he gets his own sentence. I’m leaving out loads of details between then and now, but overall I’m happy, and life is pretty good.
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Definitely remember you Taylor 
You are the whole reason I joined in the first place and are the best.
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I’m Sara, formerly “millsfreak” now “mandolinsara.” I’m now married to a wonderful husband and I have 1 pup. Murmurs got me through the tough times and digh school. Now I work on maintaining networks and playing my mandolin. I used to hang out in Bill Poems and read all of the amazing contributions. I’m happy Murmurs is back.
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Yes, that is very true. You met Ross because of ME.
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100% fact, and I couldn’t be happier!
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I feel the same way. Murmurs was a massively important part of my early 20’s, and yet I can’t remember most of the details. I can remember you in the abstract, but absolutely nothing personal if you can’t remember me.
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Same! I suppose there might be something to a bunch of isolated and lonely kids finding likeminded people and then growing up and branching out and leaving that era behind.
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My 30+1 high school reunion went down Oct 2021 and I must say it was worth the wait/delay. Like Jason, 10 was meh. 20 was better, 30 was “shit we all old, none of us ain’t got no time for that stupid old bullshit”. I talked for hours to folks I’ve known since kindergarten but not said more than ten words to in 40 years, and enjoyed every second of it. Except Mike L., he can still go fuck himself. LOL.
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Taylor! WOO! Geez, you and Lorri were peas in a pod back then, no? 
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We still try to be! Living in different countries is rough. My not moving to the UK as of yet has been a real nuisance.
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It’s true, pesky ocean in the way…. We normally manage to get together every once in a while though.
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This thread warms the cold recesses of my heart. Part of why I decided in the last few weeks to bring the site back is after a pandemic, all that isolation and what Facebook has devolved into, I missed the safe space among like minded people that this site was.
Murmurs kind of died because all these other places emerged, and we had life and such. But maybe what we needed most is a place where there exists one little commonality (in this case REM) for us to feel home?
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But maybe… just maybe we bounce back to the comfortable in the face of a world wide hells cape 
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