[Oe List ...] OE Digest, Vol 42, Issue 22
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not to mention the dear little mice that used to run all over the flour bags - poised to be used for chappatis...
I take it, Isobel meant the flour for the chapatis, not the dear little mice . . .
I do not scour the memory bins often, but the Maliwada HDTS of the Fall of '77, I think, was when I encountered the futility of "achievement" and the decision to just go out and do it. I did not last the duration of the HDTS as I planned and ended up soaking in Ajanta and Ellora, the train ride back to Mumbai through Pune, I think, and the richy beach of Mumbai. I skipped Calcutta and the Bay of Bengal, choosing a stopover in Colombo and Singapore on my way back to Manila. I experienced the Maliwada expansion as sheer bedlam that killed any anxiety about avoiding any in Cebu and Davao! I had taught ITIs and Academies enough that the HDTS was methodologically the same save the content was an attempt at Gordon's et al University 13. God, we were wild and ambitious. And the Harpers and Bishops were in the middle of it all. Here's looking at both families!
Jaime
Saipan and Shenyang
j'aime la vie
yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate! in all, celebrate!
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From: Isobel A Bishop via OE
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Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A Very Brief
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Hello Gordon,
This is a memory which
has sustained me over the years.
You will recall that you and Roxanna and
Jim and I were part of the first HDTS in Maliwada.
On some occasions we had
some moments to ourselves, and we used to catch the bus in to Aurangabad. We
waited at the bus stop where a small woman brewed the most delicious Chai. She
made it in a big brass tea pot, and the buffalo milk was boiling
over the
gas, as she threw in a few handfuls of Chai. Since then, I have never been able
to find the same exotic taste of Chai?.!
Then, when we arrived in the city
of Aurangabad, you and Roxanna would go off to find a hamburger, and Jim and I
would find a place which made omelettes! Your Pipe would always be around, too
!
I recall how much we all used to meet in the kitchen, and struggle to get
ice to keep us cool, not to mention the dear little mice that used to run all
over the flour bags - poised to be used for chappatis...
I have already
mentioned our year we spent together in the Singapore Centrum, when Roxanna was
the Supervisor of our son Peter as he worked at his Correspondence School work.
This was the way he was educated from Australia, and Roxanna was
assigned to
make sure he did all his School work in the early part of the day, before the
afternoon got so very humid?
Go well dear friend.
"Those were the days my
friend, we thought they'd never end?.."
In love and peace,
Isobel and
Jim. xxxx
On 15/09/2015, at 1:08 AM, Herman Greene via OE
<oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>
> Gordon,
>
> Will never forget
those rides with you to the University of Chicago and the mandatory stop at the
newstand to buy The New York Times.
>
> Throughout your days you have brought
a keen intellect and wit to our fellowship and you have guided us in preserving
our memories and insights.
>
> We are good at seeing death as the completion
of life and a time of celebration, maybe not so good at the grief and suffering
and being with the mystery of death.
>
> Oh, and you're not dead yet. You
have miles to go before you sleep and promises to keep, promises to keep.
>
>
God be with you and Roxanna and your family and with all of us as we journey
with you. You are surrounded by love, affection and gratitude, certainly from
me.
>
> Love,
>
> Herman
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Gordon
Harper via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> Beloved Colleagues --
>
>
Few of us, as the end of life approaches, get the chance to speak directly to
anything like our whole community. It appears that I have that opportunity, and
I?m taking advantage of it.
>
> Last week, after two months of medical
testing to find out what had suddenly landed on me and drained me of my strength
and usual energy, Roxana and I got the diagnosis. It?s a rare form of fairly
fast moving (typically two months to two years) leukemia, called CMML. There?s
little to be done to treat it, especially in someone my age (about to be 79).
I'm getting good medical care and have a fine local support community here in
Seattle.
>
> First of all, I want you all to know that I am at peace with
this, as is Roxana. My life--in good part because of you--has been rich, crazy,
wonder-filled and a unique and unrepeatable journey with the Mystery. And no one
knows better than you and I how to celebrate both our being here and the
completion of our journeys.
>
> I am taking this rare chance to express to
all of you how much you?ve meant to me over the years--as the amazing collection
of individual nobodies we are that rode out like the Man of La Mancha to throw
our beings into the challenge of bending history. More than that, you all
contributed your own weird and special gifts, neuroses and idiosyncrasies to the
makeup of our corporate life and community, all over the world. Without you,
there?d never have been such a community; so thank you, thank you, thank you.
>
> I hope to be able to chat with at least some of you individually or
collectively over the time remaining to me, through one of the dizzying array of
communication tools at hand today, and give you a little abuse. (What else
would you expect from me? And please--do return the favor.) We?ll see how
things work out. In the meantime, this note will have to stand for my salute to
all of you, my heartfelt gratitude for your having been and continuing to be who
you are and for that remarkable webbing and mission that connects us.
>
>
The peace of God is yours this day --
>
> Gordon
>
>
>
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>
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> Chapel Hill, NC 27516
> 919-942-4358 (ph & fax)
>
hfgreenenc at gmail.com
>
>
>
> --
>
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Thanks Isobel, this is lovely.
I must say, one
of my best images of bliss is of Gordon smoking his pipe
and drinking a cup of
coffee with a big smile on his face.
He just had and has this way of delicate
appreciation, of finding Heaven on
Earth.
Herman
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at
7:15 AM, Isobel A Bishop <
isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hello
Gordon,
>
> This is a memory which has sustained me over the years.
>
> You
will recall that you and Roxanna and Jim and I were part of the first
> HDTS in
Maliwada.
>
> On some occasions we had some moments to ourselves, and we used
to catch
> the bus in to Aurangabad. We waited at the bus stop where a small
woman
> brewed the most delicious Chai. She made it in a big brass tea pot,
and
> the buffalo milk was boiling
>
> over the gas, as she threw in a few
handfuls of Chai. Since then, I have
> never been able to find the same exotic
taste of Chai?.!
>
> Then, when we arrived in the city of Aurangabad, you and
Roxanna would go
> off to find a hamburger, and Jim and I would find a place
which made
> omelettes! Your Pipe would always be around, too !
>
> I recall
how much we all used to meet in the kitchen, and struggle to get
> ice to keep
us cool, not to mention the dear little mice that used to run
> all over the
flour bags - poised to be used for chappatis...
>
> I have already mentioned
our year we spent together in the Singapore
> Centrum, when Roxanna was the
Supervisor of our son Peter as he worked at
> his Correspondence School work.
This was the way he was educated from
> Australia, and Roxanna was
>
>
assigned to make sure he did all his School work in the early part of the
>
day, before the afternoon got so very humid?
>
> Go well dear friend.
>
>
"Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end?.."
>
> In love
and peace,
>
> Isobel and Jim. xxxx
>
>
>
>
>
> On 15/09/2015, at 1:08
AM, Herman Greene via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
Gordon,
>
> Will never forget those rides with you to the University of
Chicago and
> the mandatory stop at the newstand to buy *The New York
Times.*
>
> Throughout your days you have brought a keen intellect and wit to
our
> fellowship and you have guided us in preserving our memories and
insights.
>
> We are good at seeing death as the completion of life and a time
of
> celebration, maybe not so good at the grief and suffering and being
with
> the mystery of death.
>
> Oh, and you're not dead yet. You have miles
to go before you sleep and
> promises to keep, promises to keep.
>
> God be
with you and Roxanna and your family and with all of us as we
> journey with
you. You are surrounded by love, affection and gratitude,
> certainly from
me.
>
> Love,
>
> Herman
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Gordon
Harper via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>> Beloved Colleagues
--
>>
>> Few of us, as the end of life approaches, get the chance to speak
>>
directly to anything like our whole community. It appears that I have that
>>
opportunity, and I?m taking advantage of it.
>>
>> Last week, after two months
of medical testing to find out what had
>> suddenly landed on me and drained me
of my strength and usual energy,
>> Roxana and I got the diagnosis. It?s a
rare form of fairly fast moving
>> (typically two months to two years)
leukemia, called CMML. There?s little
>> to be done to treat it, especially in
someone my age (about to be 79). I'm
>> getting good medical care and have a
fine local support community here
>> in Seattle.
>>
>> First of all, I want
you all to know that I am at peace with this, as is
>> Roxana. My life--in
good part because of you--has been rich, crazy,
>> wonder-filled and a unique
and unrepeatable journey with the Mystery. And
>> no one knows better than you
and I how to celebrate both our being here and
>> the completion of our
journeys.
>>
>> I am taking this rare chance to express to all of you how much
you?ve
>> meant to me over the years--as the amazing collection of
individual
>> nobodies we are that rode out like the Man of La Mancha to throw
our beings
>> into the challenge of bending history. More than that, you all
contributed
>> your own weird and special gifts, neuroses and idiosyncrasies to
the makeup
>> of our corporate life and community, all over the world. Without
you,
>> there?d never have been such a community; so thank you, thank you,
thank
>> you.
>>
>> I hope to be able to chat with at least some of you
individually or
>> collectively over the time remaining to me, through one of
the dizzying
>> array of communication tools at hand today, and give you a
little abuse.
>> (What else would you expect from me? And please--do return the
favor.)
>> We?ll see how things work out. In the meantime, this note will have
to
>> stand for my salute to all of you, my heartfelt gratitude for your
having
>> been and continuing to be who you are and for that remarkable webbing
and
>> mission that connects us.
>>
>> The peace of God is yours this day
--
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>>
>>
_______________________________________________
>> OE mailing list
>>
OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
>>
http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
>>
>>
>
>
>
--
> __________________________________________________
> Herman F. Greene
>
2516 Winningham Road
> Chapel Hill, NC 27516
> 919-942-4358 (ph & fax)
>
hfgreenenc at gmail.com
>
>
>
> --
>
__________________________________________________
> Herman F. Greene
> 2516
Winningham Road
> Chapel Hill, NC 27516
> 919-942-4358 (ph & fax)
>
hfgreenenc at gmail.com
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>
>
>
--
__________________________________________________
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2516
Winningham Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-942-4358 (ph &
fax)
hfgreenenc at gmail.com
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