About judithornot

j-208-s.jpg Hi!  I live in a small, Northern California beach town, am happily married, working toward my Masters in Counseling, am environmentally conscious, I read tarot, knit, and am a night person. 

5 Responses to “About judithornot”

  1. Judi Edwards Says:
    July 23, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Hi Judith.Thought I’d check “YOU” out.lol See you in VARIATIONS OF JUDITH bye,Judi

  2. Sarah Says:
    January 9, 2008 at 6:26 am

    Thank you for all your great posts in Comparative Tarot, it inspires me to look at my tarot cards with new eyes!

  3. Fumio Arakawa Says:
    February 2, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Hi, Judith, This is Fumio writing from Japan. I read your blog and USA people’s reply on many subject. I learn the variety of opinion among U.S.A. people. Indeed, I feel the diversity of the world and aware of other cultures.

    You wrote the letter, dated December 2, 1981. I excerpt a part of it as follows. Almost 26 years has passed since 1981. “Time flies like an arrow.” The world around us was changing and you are here. We say our thanks for being alive in gratitude.

    In addition, my friend, who is French, said that “Now young people receive much more information than we got and it is more difficult for them to find their place. They do care about the world around them but they have to much to care about (environmental issues, Iraq, Africa, emigrants, jobless, education) and they can’t in a way ‘prioritize’. My daughter was telling me that and explained to me that that was one reason for her sometimes to become a kind of fashion addict. They fell they are powerless and without (nice) future.”

    Excerpt from Judith’s letter, dated December 2, 1981.
    “Your comments and questions about the 1960’s and early 1970’s opened a lot of memories for me. It was a very “aware” time. Students were aware of and concerned about so many things: Vietnam, racial injustice, inequality of any kind, the environment, all sorts of things. All this awareness was depressing. And we were idealistic: We are the generation who was going to right all wrongs. A lot of good was accomplished, but we began to realize we might not do it all. And that was depressing. A lot of people turned to drugs, the occult, anything that offered an answer or a way out. And a lot of people turned to Jesus, sometimes after they tried everything else. Bob Dylan, who was a spokesman and symbol of our generation, became a Christian a few years ago. What finally happened to a majority of those who protested and rebelled, is that they became a part of the back-to-the-land movement. They live in groups or individual families, in cabins, on farms, away from the cities. They grow their food, use windmills for power, and try to be as self-sufficient as possible. So they are still rebelling, it on a quiet day-to-day basis. I write “they” because my husband and I are somewhere in-between “the establishment” and the “counter-culture”. We are a little of each, and not totally comfortable in either.

    I remember seeing Japanese students rioting, too, via television. And now the campuses are calm, with people studying with hopes for a good job. It is like that here too, Fumio. Sometimes I wonder about the younger generations. My era as a student was violent and often depressing, but at least we cared about the world around us.”

    Thank you, Judith, for the correspondence over the years since 1980.

  4. judithornot Says:
    February 3, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Fumio, of all the people reading this blog, you’ve known me the longest. :-) We’ve seen each other go through a lot of changes, and I will always appreciate your friendship.

  5. Fumio Arakawa Says:
    February 16, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    Hi Judith, I quote another comment on the early 1960’s from your letter, dated January 7, 1984, as follows. Actually, letters are written on a private basis, however it sometimes reflects an atmosphere in those days and it is a record of history. Please allow me to quote a part of it. Also I think this area is about Judith.

    “You asked about the nostalgia the people of the U.S. feel for the early 1960’s. I think it was a good time. We felt strong, successful, and were blissfully ignorant of all that was wrong in that era (pollution, starvation, exploitation, etc ;). When we did look at what was wrong, we still felt confident we would find a quick solution. John F. Kennedy symbolized that era. He and his family were good looking, young, intelligent, cultured, admired, full of “good works”… We wanted to be like them. Of course, things often look better in retrospect. Perhaps we can be more candid about Kennedy’s presidency, in retrospect, but it is hard. He was such a hero to so many of us, we hesitate to look for his mistakes. It disturbs me that J.F.K. was the one who escalated our involvement in Vietnam. I was only 11 years old when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. For a long time people talked about what they were doing when they heard the news. (I was home from school with a sore throat.) I think Robert Kennedy’s assassination (196 8) had more impact on me. I had stayed up late that night to hear the California primary election results. I still was not old enough to vote, but so many of us were eager for Bobby Kennedy to become president. When they announced he had been shot, and then that he was dead, I cried for hours. It seemed as though all the hero were being killed ….What would happen to the United States now? (I still wonder what is happening to the United States.) “

    Yes, U.S.A. in early 1960’s was brightened to the eyes of Japanese boys in those days, generally.

    Incidentally, I remember the day of J.F.K. assassination when I was 9 years old. I went out to a nearby sightseeing place with family on the day. And the radio broadcasted the news simultaneously at sightseeing place. Maybe, I did not understand the news well. I rather remember my father’s explanation to me that U.S. president was shot and was dead.
    Also it was the first day of satelliting broadcasting on TV between U.S.A. and Japan. The U.S. president’s speech for Japan was planned on the day. In the effect, the first TV satellite broadcasting from U.S.A. to Japan was the shocking news on J.F.K. and we were impressed by the simultaneous of TV.

    Time flies. Now it is 2008 and just the time for the election of the U.S. president. Not only U.S.A. but also all the world watch the result and its effect in future.

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