Welcome to 201k.com - A Commonwealth Perspective.

Some nice emails to share:

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004
Subject: Thank you...
From: RJ
To: editor@201k.com

Since I left Connecticut in 1976 for the Northwest, then Los Angeles and
then northern Arizona, I've tried to hang onto my New England roots. But
reading your New England Primer made me proud.

I've been up here in Red Neck Holler for nearly 8 years and am finally
fleeing back to LA next month. (Okay, I like the weather and my wife's a
native.)

But I'm still a Sawx fan and I don't talk about money, or religion and have
been doused with religion up here so much so that I have a hard time being
charitable to those who may sincerely Believe.

I'd like to link to your site if I may. I write a very anti-GOP anti-Bush
site http://www.atwitsend.org. I'm Yale 1970. I write passionately,
sometimes make use of profanity, am always right and am often a Cassandra.

But I love my NE roots and I love that I found your site. Makes me feel at
home.

You'll find me independent, cantankerous and all-around loveable!

Bob

Great to hear from you Bob. We once lost a girl to Yale. Link away!

Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004
From: Joseph
Subject: loved your piece...
To: editor@201k.com

.. on New Englanders (I'm from Pittsfield MA) and why we're different
(and proud of it!). Can I borrow your pic of Cam Neely's banner? Not
to spread around, just to have and look at and remember how good he was.
:-)

thanks

joe
New Zealand

Hey, Joe, thanks for writing. New Zealand sure looked beautiful in those Ring movies. And we still listen to Crowded House. As for the Cam photo, well, we, uh, didn't exactly ask permission to use it ourselves. It's from the Bruin's website.