If there’s ever the opportunity, I’d love to spend an evening hanging out and having a drink with any of you. These comments are where my hope comes from.
If there’s ever the opportunity, I’d love to spend an evening hanging out and having a drink with any of you. These comments are where my hope comes from.
I imagine, before someone wrote about just getting a link from here to a zoom session, that those who want to connect can just send heather sherd@gmail.com their emails and we can have group emails, private emails or just links to zoom chat sessions. I will send you my email, Robin.
Karen, if you know how to set up a zoom and post the link here, we can try it out and see how that works.
I think reaching out to heathersherd@gmail.com first is critical. We have too many trolls here (you know some of them by name) and I do not think we want to have them on our Zoom chat.
Maybe schedule a meet after Georgia election is settled? Or Congress approves Electoral College votes. Much more fun to zoom and be happy than to zoom and weep.
Robin, I sent an email to that address and it came back “undeliverable.” I will double check that I sent it to the correct address. Meanwhile, I received an anonymous invitation to accept a document from someone in my address book. Do you know anything about that?
I don't know anything about the document from someone in your address book. I would not open it without sending them a second email asking about it first. Regarding my email, try it again. heathersherd@gmail.com. Other people seem to be getting through.
After I set up the email, Rev Judith suggested I contact Heather directly through her FB page. So I sent her a message, but have not heard anything back yet. If she has been doing all those videos, she obviously has more tech savvy than I do.
I think that's a great idea. I get so much from reading the comments here, it would be wonderful to actually talk with some of you. I haven't used Zoom yet, but I would eagerly learn it.
I’m so glad I’m not the only low-to-no tech person here...first step is downloading zoom onto your computer or device. Then I guess we need to figure out the email thing. (How to connect to each other).
1. If someone is willing and able to set up a gmail account for this purpose, then he or she could post it here on Heather’s Substack. Also, any post can be deleted by the poster.
2. There is the Facebook UNOFFICIAL Heather Cox Richardson Resource and Discussion Room (with 30,689 members!) that might be a resource for organizing get together groups at least virtually.
Wonderful! Thank you, Robin! Could you repeat this email address as a Reply to the bottom of others’ subthreads here to help spread the word? At least to Rev.Judith who said she’s a Zoom pro and of course, Heather herself who replied 7 hours ago that she might be able to do it from her end! (I’m not a Zoom pro and am off to work.)
I can only assume that one’s reply here gets sent to that person’s email. Besides private message on Heather’s Facebook, you could reply to Heather’s reply to Pam Peterson in this thread.
Pan Peterson — Zoom is cool. (ditto FaceTime and a similar app available through Google). I do Zoom frequently and am grateful for a technology that lets me “visit” with family abd friends in real time. Try it — you might like it.
I have had a regularly scheduled meeting with some of my high school friends (from 50 years ago!) every two weeks. We all share the same political view and one of them turned me on to HCR. We call it the “blue team” and these calls have also kept me sane.
It is very easy. Just download it and you can send email "invites" to people. Then you admit them when they respond to the link in their email. Easier first to have someone invite you so you see how it works.
I've done FB chat once or twice And, I know Zoom will be in my future, but I try to stay away from as much cyber stuff as possible. I'll stop short of calling myself a luddite.
Luddites actually firstly broke the machines in 1810 in a Leicester stocking factory....cotton perhaps coming from Southern Plantations as well as silk and wool. An early opponent of the original English origins of Plantation ideology in defense of workers rights, perhaps?
Perhaps verify with HRC herself to determine her perspective on whether it’s advisable to form an “offshoot” group. There may be concerns about monitoring, etc.
How does one do that? I Just created this as a way to collect emails for those interested in Zooming. I don't knowhow to reach Heather directly, and this seemed like something that might be helpful.
I think I can do it from my end, but it just can't be too big or no one gets to talk, really. The good thing about zoom is that there is a sort of... writing space-- the "chat"-- so people can connect even when others are talking.
The possibility of a Zoom meeting of Heathers groupies would be great, but utter chaos I fear. There are too many of us who would love to have a chance to "meet" each other.
I’m happy to report that Heather’s Herd has actually become a group! Our mission is to provide peer support, share information, and channel our energy to effective organizations in support of democracy—action! Our current focus is voting rights. We Zoom every other Saturday and have an email site with a beautiful banner:
Tonight I fortuitously stumbled upon these posts in the course of googling a prospective member. It’s also interesting timing that Katya became a member today. I asked her to let you know of our existence.
Rana and Sayeed from the Unofficial HCR FB are members, and we will coordinate our groups down the road.
We are hoping to host a Zoom max 100 person meet and greet open to HCR Substackers.
Our Admin group (of 4) can be contacted at the same email Robin created on 12/17/2020:
A private zoom meeting can be set up that requires a password to attend. The password and link could be posted here for people to log in - we wouldn’t need to post emails.
Maybe when it is safe to travel and gather in large groups again we could have a gathering of some sort. It would be nice to do it somewhere in Maine... 😉
Did you get much snow? Here in NY theres between 2 & 3 feet right now - lucky its light & fluffy but really after a certain point - no place to put it! My son will be over to plow me out but hes waiting for the Town to plow the roads - Its been a long long time since we had this much snow.
Wow, that’s a LOT! Are you in the lake-effect western NY area or in the mountains? In Waldoboro (Maine) the proximity to yhe ocean suppresses huge snows (for the most part), so only half a foot or so today. 🤗
Someone over here said 14", but Buddy thought that was high. I went for a long walk on the unplowed roads and it was a big mistake. They were hideously slippery. A snowplow was in the ditch, which can't be a good sign! :)
I saw on the news that Endicott NY had 40" & thats about 30 minutes away from me so went out with a measuring tape!!! & I was low - its about 38-40" here as close as I can tell (hard with a tape) - I'm in Southern NY close to the NY-PA border.
There used to be a wonderful essayist at USA Today, I think, who wrote essays about upstate New York, especially in the snow. We were just talking about him today.
There are good comments regarding this, so I wasn’t really sure where to jump in. If I repeat what others have said elsewhere, sorry… If it’s already done, thanks…
I would like access to a curated collection of timely, forceful, succinct, fact-checked messages tailored for various media (from letters to posts) and audiences (from pols to misguided friends to the not-so-friendly). Keep this conversation alive. That's all...
This would be wonderful...But I hope that more would join us who will let go of the blind loyalty to tRump and his sycophants. Our communities are so divided...I live in a small town in Vermont (one traffic light) and there is a building with one of those horrifying thin blue line flags on the front porch, and a rainbow flag hanging out the 2nd floor window (different tenants)....I wonder how long this will go on. I hope that tRump goes silent somehow tangled up in lawsuits and the resistance to hi occupation of Mar-a-bozo as his residence.
Small world...ask them about the flags hanging on on building in center of town...maybe they will send you a pic! Perhaps you are close to Mass MOCA? On my list of places to visit...
That goes for me too. Absence of flights and various "bug" issues might effectively get in the way of either big gettogethers and international affaires...but zoom or local gettogethers would be great for a start. For Zoom we are going to be faced with the time-zone problem though. Paris is GMT+1. I think we might just about span the globe. I'm in for any other suggestions.
If there’s ever the opportunity, I’d love to spend an evening hanging out and having a drink with any of you. These comments are where my hope comes from.
Wouldn’t at least a Zoom call of HCR Readers be great? BYOB.
That sounds like a great idea! If there really are a million of us, we might break Zoom.🙃
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
I imagine, before someone wrote about just getting a link from here to a zoom session, that those who want to connect can just send heather sherd@gmail.com their emails and we can have group emails, private emails or just links to zoom chat sessions. I will send you my email, Robin.
Karen, if you know how to set up a zoom and post the link here, we can try it out and see how that works.
I think reaching out to heathersherd@gmail.com first is critical. We have too many trolls here (you know some of them by name) and I do not think we want to have them on our Zoom chat.
Maybe schedule a meet after Georgia election is settled? Or Congress approves Electoral College votes. Much more fun to zoom and be happy than to zoom and weep.
That is a perfect time for a group celebration or group therapy.
Thank you, Heather. I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
Robin, I sent an email to that address and it came back “undeliverable.” I will double check that I sent it to the correct address. Meanwhile, I received an anonymous invitation to accept a document from someone in my address book. Do you know anything about that?
I don't know anything about the document from someone in your address book. I would not open it without sending them a second email asking about it first. Regarding my email, try it again. heathersherd@gmail.com. Other people seem to be getting through.
After I set up the email, Rev Judith suggested I contact Heather directly through her FB page. So I sent her a message, but have not heard anything back yet. If she has been doing all those videos, she obviously has more tech savvy than I do.
Don't worry, zoom, Be happy.
I think almost all of us would be "in" on this.
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
Tell me when !!!
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
I think that's a great idea. I get so much from reading the comments here, it would be wonderful to actually talk with some of you. I haven't used Zoom yet, but I would eagerly learn it.
I’m so glad I’m not the only low-to-no tech person here...first step is downloading zoom onto your computer or device. Then I guess we need to figure out the email thing. (How to connect to each other).
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
I can think of 2 possibilities:
1. If someone is willing and able to set up a gmail account for this purpose, then he or she could post it here on Heather’s Substack. Also, any post can be deleted by the poster.
2. There is the Facebook UNOFFICIAL Heather Cox Richardson Resource and Discussion Room (with 30,689 members!) that might be a resource for organizing get together groups at least virtually.
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
Wonderful! Thank you, Robin! Could you repeat this email address as a Reply to the bottom of others’ subthreads here to help spread the word? At least to Rev.Judith who said she’s a Zoom pro and of course, Heather herself who replied 7 hours ago that she might be able to do it from her end! (I’m not a Zoom pro and am off to work.)
👍
Ellie, I think I did as you asked, posting it as a reply to several of the comments today though I am not sure how to connect to Heather directly.
I can only assume that one’s reply here gets sent to that person’s email. Besides private message on Heather’s Facebook, you could reply to Heather’s reply to Pam Peterson in this thread.
One of the few things I miss after deleting y FB account is Heather’s FB Page and some Groups.
I'd be there for sure, and I haven't used Zoom yet.
Pan Peterson — Zoom is cool. (ditto FaceTime and a similar app available through Google). I do Zoom frequently and am grateful for a technology that lets me “visit” with family abd friends in real time. Try it — you might like it.
I have had a regularly scheduled meeting with some of my high school friends (from 50 years ago!) every two weeks. We all share the same political view and one of them turned me on to HCR. We call it the “blue team” and these calls have also kept me sane.
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
Lucky you! How great.
Haven't used Zoom either. But will sign on to "Zoom for Dummies" so I can join everybody!
It is very easy. Just download it and you can send email "invites" to people. Then you admit them when they respond to the link in their email. Easier first to have someone invite you so you see how it works.
okay, thanks!
I've done FB chat once or twice And, I know Zoom will be in my future, but I try to stay away from as much cyber stuff as possible. I'll stop short of calling myself a luddite.
hash-tag me, too!
Luddites actually firstly broke the machines in 1810 in a Leicester stocking factory....cotton perhaps coming from Southern Plantations as well as silk and wool. An early opponent of the original English origins of Plantation ideology in defense of workers rights, perhaps?
I just created heathersherd@gmail.com. not sure what the next step is.
Perhaps verify with HRC herself to determine her perspective on whether it’s advisable to form an “offshoot” group. There may be concerns about monitoring, etc.
How does one do that? I Just created this as a way to collect emails for those interested in Zooming. I don't knowhow to reach Heather directly, and this seemed like something that might be helpful.
I’m a newbie too but it’s easy once you get the hang of it ;) sweet pic of your pooch :)
Belly Yo'self up to the Bar. With zoom you don't have to bring anything.
I'm in too.
Bring your own bitch! 😂😂😂🌲🌲
To zoom people, we'd have to share emails. Is there a way to Private message here, so we aren't posting our emails on this page?
Not that I know of. Maybe heather could give us a clue how to get together.
I think I can do it from my end, but it just can't be too big or no one gets to talk, really. The good thing about zoom is that there is a sort of... writing space-- the "chat"-- so people can connect even when others are talking.
The possibility of a Zoom meeting of Heathers groupies would be great, but utter chaos I fear. There are too many of us who would love to have a chance to "meet" each other.
Hi Heather,
I’m happy to report that Heather’s Herd has actually become a group! Our mission is to provide peer support, share information, and channel our energy to effective organizations in support of democracy—action! Our current focus is voting rights. We Zoom every other Saturday and have an email site with a beautiful banner:
heathersherd@groups.io
Tonight I fortuitously stumbled upon these posts in the course of googling a prospective member. It’s also interesting timing that Katya became a member today. I asked her to let you know of our existence.
Rana and Sayeed from the Unofficial HCR FB are members, and we will coordinate our groups down the road.
We are hoping to host a Zoom max 100 person meet and greet open to HCR Substackers.
Our Admin group (of 4) can be contacted at the same email Robin created on 12/17/2020:
heathersherd@gmail.com
Thank you for your ongoing inspiration!
Ellie Kona
A private zoom meeting can be set up that requires a password to attend. The password and link could be posted here for people to log in - we wouldn’t need to post emails.
I’ve taken classes that way.
It's going to be fun with 2-3000 faces on the screen all talking at once!
Share social media addresses. Then Direct/Private Message each other.
Maybe when it is safe to travel and gather in large groups again we could have a gathering of some sort. It would be nice to do it somewhere in Maine... 😉
We have a farm a couple of miles from HCR’s place in Maine. Be happy to host a dinner in our orchard!
Did you get much snow? Here in NY theres between 2 & 3 feet right now - lucky its light & fluffy but really after a certain point - no place to put it! My son will be over to plow me out but hes waiting for the Town to plow the roads - Its been a long long time since we had this much snow.
Yes.. are you near Buffalo? We in N Vt got 3 “ . Maddening
No - South & East of Buffalo.
Wow, that’s a LOT! Are you in the lake-effect western NY area or in the mountains? In Waldoboro (Maine) the proximity to yhe ocean suppresses huge snows (for the most part), so only half a foot or so today. 🤗
Someone over here said 14", but Buddy thought that was high. I went for a long walk on the unplowed roads and it was a big mistake. They were hideously slippery. A snowplow was in the ditch, which can't be a good sign! :)
I saw on the news that Endicott NY had 40" & thats about 30 minutes away from me so went out with a measuring tape!!! & I was low - its about 38-40" here as close as I can tell (hard with a tape) - I'm in Southern NY close to the NY-PA border.
There used to be a wonderful essayist at USA Today, I think, who wrote essays about upstate New York, especially in the snow. We were just talking about him today.
Jealous
Not much here in Vt
I’m from L.I. NY. We only got 6-8 inches of snow, but it was heavy, ice crusted snow. I’m living on Aleve since yesterday:)
from shoveling?? I'm using X Tylenol myself! Lots of shoveling when theres about 3 ft of snow. Even after I got plowed out.
East Providence RI I got about 6” I think? Still snowing.
That was such a nightmare. It just wouldn't stop coming down and it never melted. My daughter and I had to shovel the roof almost every day.
You had to shovel your roof?!! The very idea blows me away!
Oooh! That sound nice. Maybe in the fall. By then, we might all have access to vaccines.
From your mouth to Goddess’ ear
Such a lovely idea
Awesome!
Not far from Vermont - how much snow there?
I’m in. I think we all should get together and form a coalition. I’ve been saying this.
We could form a Political Action Committe with the emphasis on Action rather than money.
Great idea!
I would love that!
I would love to learn how to act. My wife intimates I am incapable of it.
There are good comments regarding this, so I wasn’t really sure where to jump in. If I repeat what others have said elsewhere, sorry… If it’s already done, thanks…
I would like access to a curated collection of timely, forceful, succinct, fact-checked messages tailored for various media (from letters to posts) and audiences (from pols to misguided friends to the not-so-friendly). Keep this conversation alive. That's all...
I've been thinking along the same lines.
Agree...had the same thought...why cant we grab the anti-bully pulpit? Start a new news outlet to counter Qanon...
This would be wonderful...But I hope that more would join us who will let go of the blind loyalty to tRump and his sycophants. Our communities are so divided...I live in a small town in Vermont (one traffic light) and there is a building with one of those horrifying thin blue line flags on the front porch, and a rainbow flag hanging out the 2nd floor window (different tenants)....I wonder how long this will go on. I hope that tRump goes silent somehow tangled up in lawsuits and the resistance to hi occupation of Mar-a-bozo as his residence.
I am in VT, too! Which little town?
Where are you, Penelope?
Putney! 20” of snow!
I am about 45 minutes south of you! We have about 2 feet, also!
I envy you “blue” staters... except for the snow.
Richmond...
Really? My best friend and her husband live in Richmond! I’m in north western MA just below the VT line.
Small world...ask them about the flags hanging on on building in center of town...maybe they will send you a pic! Perhaps you are close to Mass MOCA? On my list of places to visit...
I will ask them about them. I think I might even know which building. No, I am not that far west in western MA. Closer to Brattleboro, VT.
I am in!
I'm in!!
Okay-- does anyone here have time to administrate a new gmail account and we can all sign up there? I just moved and am too discombobulated right now.
Unfortunately I do not. I hope someone is up to it - I would love to participate as much as I am able.
Me too
What does it entail? I am technologically-challenged.
Ditto!
That goes for me too. Absence of flights and various "bug" issues might effectively get in the way of either big gettogethers and international affaires...but zoom or local gettogethers would be great for a start. For Zoom we are going to be faced with the time-zone problem though. Paris is GMT+1. I think we might just about span the globe. I'm in for any other suggestions.
How about tea w honey? 😂