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Dexter to Winterset, IA</u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">In Nov 2013 I gave the Iowa
Coordinator Nancy Trask’s contact info. Nancy became the coordinator for the
March in Winterset. She orchestrated a potluck at the Library where we had a
discussion about the challenges of Climate Change with the local residents that
attended. There was a Native American in attendance. He gave us a parable: The Creator had a gift that s/he wanted
to give Creation to be protected. The Eagle said, I’ll take it and fly to the
moon with it. The Creator said, That won’t do. The gopher said, I’ll take it
and go down to the center of the earth. The Creator said, That won’t do. The
whale said, I’ll take it to the bottom of the ocean. The Creator said, That
won’t do. The mouse said, I’ll take it and swallow it and keep it in my
stomach. The Creator gave it to the mouse!</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I stayed with Nancy. I had a
shower, laundry done, slept in a bed, and caught up with Nancy’s latest
happenings. I learned that her daughter, Ashley, had graduated from university
with a degree in German, and drifted from one unsatisfactory job to another. I
told her about my stay with Joan Wallace and her use of the Internet to
establish her own business in translation. Not only does she have her own
business, she creates her own schedule. I need to put Nancy in touch with Joan
so Joan can help Ashley create her own business as Joan has done.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>SUN AUG 10</b> <u>Winterset to Valley Junction, IA </u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Our destination today was to the
farm where Sarah Spain, our coordinator, grew up. Bob Cook, a retired Presbyterian minister who has been
on the March when his health allows, requested that the Climate Justice Gypsy
Band play at his Johnston, IA church on Sunday morning. So we ferried the band
members and instruments from Sarah’s farm to Johnston. We played a prelude.
Then we played <u>Amazing Grace</u> after communion. And we played <u>May the
Circle Be Unbroken</u> as the postlude. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt">
</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.3pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I went out in the congregation
after the service to meet and greet people. Someone came up behind me and
asked, “Are you David?” I turned to see who had asked the question. It was
Cathy Engstrom. She and I had worked together at INHF for 7 years! We exchanged
hugs. We all went to coffee hour. Back at the farm, Sarah had set up a potluck
dinner in the hayshed. I think the guests were neighbors. An 83-year-old woman
joined the March that evening. She removed my ability to brag that I was the
oldest person on the March. Izzy made sure that we sang the Sunset Song before
bedtime.</span>- </p></div></div><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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