<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic">Y'all <i>(spent just enough time in Pace, MS to get it!)</i><div><i><br>
</i></div><div><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">CLIMATE CHANGE—2 Projects</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I’ve found myself in despair about the way our US ‘consume-and-throw-away-society’ is influencing the entire world and the trend it has established and maintained and perpetuated in changing the climate.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I anticipate that the end result is Global Suicide! I think that our grandchildren’s future is in jeopardy, and suspect that our great-grandchildren will have a planet that is uninhabitable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Some things that I am currently doing to counter the trend:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--using the lawn for garden vegetables</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--collecting solar electricity for house use</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--riding my bicycle for all in-town trips</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--re-cycling paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">But more needs to be done. I have at least 2 projects In mind.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">#1 The Meta-Fours</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I enjoy singing—singing was an essential part of life in the Order Ecumenical. I seem to remember songs that set the stage for change and changed the public mindset. Didn’t BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND, and WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE contribute to the end of the war in Viet Nam? I’m proposing to create some Metaphors that give a new message for future options. I’ve brainstormed a list of issues and selected a ‘Song Book’ that has some of the old familiar tunes to choose from.(Old MacDonald Had a Farm, etc). <i>[ I can forward this info to you on request</i> <i>]</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I don’t know where to go from here. I know what I’d do if I had a Metaphorical song. I’d create a vocal quartet (Barbershop or Mixed) and start delivering performances. The quartet would be named The Meta-Fours.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I’m sure I could get the quartet together. I need a lot of help—or suggestions—on how to pick the issue, write the metaphorical message, and put it to a tune. It may be that once the issue is picked the metaphor and the melody must be melded.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I welcome—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--help/suggestions on creating/composing the music</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--anyone interested in being a member of The Meta-Fours</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">David</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
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