[Dialogue] Witness- Birthday

Thu Dec 20 05:44:43 PST 2018

Evelyn, still checking on lung spots.. will take awhile
Thanks, Dick

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:51 AM Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Dear Dick,
>
> In my mind’s eye I can see the young John Cock who we left in Kamweleni
> with our treasured soy sauce, yellow mustard, and other sauces to eat with
> Kitheri or Ugali as we packed to leave for the Philippines in winter of
> 1985. How nice to hear he is back in the ICA saddle on the board!
>
> You riding the bicycle and battling the leaves and getting a split lip and
> aching ribs sounds scary, but what are the spots on the lungs?
> Life is indeed a Mystery!
> Great reflection Dick.
>
> Thank you for sharing your life with us. We are richer for each witness
> and each reflection.
> Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Kwanza too!
> Divali is over, but may good over come (or transform) the evil for
> everyone!
>
> Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook in Taipei, Taiwan on a crisp and coolish humid
> 60 f with heating pad, socks, and sweater.
>
>
> > On Dec 14, 2018, at 9:09 PM, Nancy Trask via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you, Dick, for these glimpses of the Mystery through your life.
> >
> > Nancy Trask
> > 515-505-0456
> > nancy50273 at centurylink.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Richard Alton via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> > To: dialogue at wedgeblade.net
> > Cc: Richard Alton <richard.alton at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:29:33 -0500 (EST)
> > Subject: [Dialogue] Fwd: Witness- Birthday
> >
> > *Oh My God, Life*
> >
> > …the things that happen in life are astonishing..being driven to and fro
> by
> > the mystery.. a few recent examples
> >
> > I attended part of the ICA USA Board meeting last month. We broke up into
> > small groups and I was in a group with John Cock II. He and I were in
> Kenya
> > together. I think it was John’s 9th grade trip. I was impressed to hear
> him
> > rattle off the villages he worked in: Kwangware, Kamweleni and
> > Mugumwoini...just like he had been there yesterday. John was a great
> > addition. Probably, the first Board member literally born into the
> > organization- now an urban engineer with a focus on bike trails. Had his
> > middle school daughter with him. I wonder when she is going abroad.
> >
> >
> >
> > The afternoon I was there, the Board brainstormed ICA core values- things
> > like community development, ToP methods, being a learning organization,
> > even poverty, chastity and obedience. I struggled with this question of
> > core values. I think the core of the core is the ability to give a
> > witness.. to stand present to one’s life and the amazing things revealed
> or
> > that happen to one…the mystery at work in one’s life.
> >
> >
> >
> > Like on Halloween night I was coming home late at night on my bike and
> ran
> > right onto a big pile of leaves- it knocked me off my bike, split my lip
> > and banged up my ribs. I made it home but the next day was having trouble
> > breathing so went to the hospital. They performed a CT scan. There were
> no
> > broken ribs, but the scan showed that I had spots on my lungs...so this
> all
> > happened to catch my attention about my lungs... and on Halloween (the
> Day
> > of the Dead).
> >
> >
> >
> > The second part of my Halloween leaf event: it seems the leaves grabbed
> my
> > phone- so the day after the fall, I could not find my  phone- that really
> > hurt. I went back to all the places I had been including the leaf place
> but
> > no phone. Finally, after I had given up Sally asked me, “doesn’t Apple
> have
> > an app that will help you find a lost phone?” so on my computer I found
> the
> > lost apple link and sure enough on the screen map there was a flashing
> > signal. It was about a 100 yards from where I fell. So I follow the map
> and
> > there is my cell on the curb like it had been waiting for me… think those
> > leaves put it there. Is this not The Other World in the midst of this
> > world…a Visit to the Land of Mystery?
> >
> > These Visits seem to come in 3s. I work on the One Earth Film Fest
> through
> > which we show environmental movies all over greater Chicago and engage
> > people in conversation and action in response to the films. So I received
> > an email from a Dexter Watson at St Malachi/Precious Blood Parish about
> > showing a movie. I set up a meeting with Dexter on the Westside of
> Chicago.
> > It turns out Dexter is not only the parish coordinator but also the
> former
> > Alderman of the area. And yes, Fifth City is in his former Aldermanic
> area.
> > In fact, one of Dexter’s favorite people and a mentor was the late
> Verdell
> > Trice, the head of the Fifth City Auto Center and board member of the
> > Preschool. Dexter even tried to have a street named after Verdell at one
> > time. This is the second time I have been driven back to 5th City. You
> know
> > we are going to have a great film fest event there.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dick Alton, introduced to the mystery in December,1968 and working with
> the
> > mystery on the future of planet Earth ever since. Oak Park, Illinois
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard H. T. Alton
> > One Earth Film Fest ( OEFF)
> > Green Community Connections
> > Interfaith Green Network
> > T: 773.344.7172
> > richard.alton at gmail.com
> > **Save the Date! One Earth Film Festival 2019, March 1-10*
> > http:www.oneearthfilmfestival.org
> >
> > Make Plain the Vision, Habakkuh 2:2
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard H. T. Alton
> > One Earth Film Fest ( OEFF)
> > Green Community Connections
> > Interfaith Green Network
> > T: 773.344.7172
> > richard.alton at gmail.com
> > **Save the Date! One Earth Film Festival 2019, March 1-10*
> > http:www.oneearthfilmfestival.org
> >
> > Make Plain the Vision, Habakkuh 2:2
> >
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Richard H. T. Alton
One Earth Film Fest ( OEFF)
Green Community Connections
Interfaith Green Network
T: 773.344.7172
richard.alton at gmail.com
**Save the Date! One Earth Film Festival 2019, March 1-10*
http:www.oneearthfilmfestival.org

Make Plain the Vision, Habakkuh 2:2
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