Enigma is published!

OK, so I didn't get around to giving the address of this blog to anyone for nearly a year. I'm going to start now with the members of the 1991-92 Room 12. We did a lot of great things that year, including the beginnings of a recycling program that was ahead of its time, a self-managed classroom (with a complete room government), a computer network that was also ahead of the curve, and of course, the Roll on Columbia trip. It was a special year. A very powerful sense of community developed. The class was involved in a publication project that year too. The book was to be called Enigma. Unfortunately, it became one. For fifteen years the book languished on computer disks in my storage shed because I never had the time to finish the job my class had started. Finally though, the book is in ink!

It was no small task to complete a project that was done on very old technology (i.e. a Mac SE using Pagemaker 3.0), but I rose to the challenge. I dug out a very old computer and software and then had fun finishing and transfering the book to something that can be read by modern printers.

If you were in Room 12 in 1991-92, you have received a letter from me that among other things, directed you to this blog. If you send along your email address to tkentdaniels@hotmail.com I will make you a member of the Room 12 Meeting so that you can help create this blog with your former class members and me. Please do this so that your old teacher can read about your life. He has no life of his own, so he needs to live vicariously through all of the great things you do ; ) Also, if you still have contact information for any of the people that were ever in Room 12 at Madrona, please send them along to me. If you don't feel like taking the trouble to post here, just write me an email and give me permission to copy and paste your comments into this blog. One way or another, please get in touch. Let's catch up.

You can look for your copy (or copies, if you ordered more than one) of Enigma in the mail just as soon as I get your contact info. I think you're going to like the book. It was a labor of love putting it together (just like the class you were once in). You'll certainly be taking a trip down memory lane if you read the book. It has been a really moving experience for me as I've read through all of your stories and poetry and looked at all of the pictures.

I look forward to hearing from you. With love, Kent