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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am a Carl Barks fan – always have been, always will be. I’ve got three boxes full of Donald Duck comics and several Scrooge comics. They are wrapped and stored in my garage. Hardly a fitting location for them. They belonged to my father, and he started receiving them when he was a boy, in the early 1940’s. The collection goes to the early 1960’s.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My Dad became a college professor – English – but he never stopped appreciating the work of Carl Barks. In fact, when he was a young man, he wrote to Barks. The first letter was answered by the publishing company. His second letter, however, was answered by Carl Barks himself. Along with the letter, Barks sent a small 5” x 7” drawing of the “old” Donald. The caption – “Quack, quack, Professor Burnett. Remember when Donald looked like this?” I still have both the letter and the drawing – both prized possessions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll tell you a story. My mother died six years ago. It was a sudden death after years of a healthy life. Not too long after her death, I was sitting on a bench in the library. Two large bookshelves held all the recently acquired books – ranging the whole Dewey decimal system. The first several books were on death and dying and life after death. Naturally, I was drawn to the topic. As I read of people’s experiences, I felt so very sad that I had never experienced an encounter with a loved one who had passed on. When my father died 15 years earlier, I felt no presence, no vision, no connection. I never have. To be honest, it all seemed a bit hooey to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So there I was, sitting in the library, reading about death, crying and feeling that I had lost something that could never be replaced – not in form nor in deed. I looked up, and my eyes went immediately to one of the newly acquired books. It was “Donald Duck – Lost in the Andes” by Carl Barks. I was stunned, shocked, to say the least. It wasn’t just Donald Duck; it was Carl Barks, too. It wasn’t just Carl Barks, it was “Lost in the Andes.” I had that very comic – had read it dozens of time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At that moment, I knew my mother was with me. Donald Duck comics were a common language growing up in my family. We referenced life as it related to a Barks story. The “sign” couldn’t have been more clear. It was the one thing that I would absolutely, positively know that it was meant for me. I knew my mother would always be with me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I kept the book. Stole it, I guess, but I did replace it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=192 height=128 style='width:2.0in;height:1.3333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3BC61.B4959D70"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> DCML <dcml-bounces@nafsk.se> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Yaklin<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 15, 2018 10:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> Professor Hipponiex <professorhipponiex@gmail.com>; dcml@nafsk.se<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: DCML emails<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I always enjoyed reading people's emails. I did not have much to say though.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Most of my duck comics have been given away to children and while I stop into a comic store every few months I really do not see much that interests me in the way of duck material. Is that the problem for most? I miss Rosa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> DCML <<a href="mailto:dcml-bounces@nafsk.se">dcml-bounces@nafsk.se</a>> on behalf of Professor Hipponiex <<a href="mailto:professorhipponiex@gmail.com">professorhipponiex@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2018 6:46:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dcml@nafsk.se">dcml@nafsk.se</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: DCML emails</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It does seem to be mostly unused nowadays.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 6:29 AM, Nuno Silva <<a href="mailto:nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt" target="_blank">nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>On 2018-03-13 22:16 +0000, gary Pantzer wrote:<br>> I have not received an email from the DCML in a long time. Is it still<br>> in use?<br><br>I have not received any emails from the list lately either, but your<br>message made it through.<br><br>This month, for the first time in a while, I got a monthly password<br>reminder from the mailing list server behind DCML.<br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=xhoenzb>--</span><br><span class=xhoenzb>Nuno Silva</span><br><span class=xhoenzb>_______________________________________________</span><br><span class=xhoenzb><a href="https://lists.nafsk.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml" target="_blank">https://lists.nafsk.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>