THOUGHTS OF SOME
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS

Julia Caudill, Washington, USA

The magical Hydra Event was a dream come true. I feel blessed to have met so many warm and wonderful people. I will never forget the music, the laughter, and those blissful nights on the harbour surrounded by the sweet voices of fellow Leonard fans & friends. Now that I'm home I guess all I can do is 'laugh and cry, and cry and laugh about it all again.' As I wrote in a postcard to a friend, it was difficult to leave all of that beauty behind, but I returned home with many many lovely memories. Thank you again to Jarkko & all of our other organizers for a job very well done!!

Andrea Dolfino, Verona, Italy

* since 1973-74 Leonard Cohen takes part of my life… * in ups and downs…his presence is always close to me… * for many years I felt alone with this passion… * nobody around to share Leonard’s existence, music, words, …

* but I continued for myself …….. in my secret life

* after many years I happily discovered not to be alone with my longing and things have changed

* the fantastic Leonard Cohen Files allowed me,

* to meet other Cohenites all over the world and to share this undescribable passion with other Beautiful Losers

* to get updated about Leonard Cohen’s life and to deepen my knowledge about all his works in countless pages and links…

* and to make his presence feeling closer…

* and now after this special HYDRA EXPERIENCE , having met so many same-minded people on Leonard’s Hydra in my real life…

* it seems ... that a wonderful dream… of my secret life ...has become reality

* my passion has been crowned by this experience … … I just feel something magic has happened to me, to my soul

* thank you Leonard, thank you Jarkko, thank you all cohenites all over the world… … let’s dance us to the end of love…