<html><head><style>div{font: normal 22px Verdana, Arial, sans-serif}</style><style>.contenedor{overflow-wrap:break-word;}</style></head><body><div> <style type="text/css" media="screen, print"> @font-face { font-family: MyriadPro-Semibold; src: local('MyriadPro-Semibold'); } body { font-family: MyriadPro-Semibold; font-size: 22px; } </style><style type="text/css" media="all"> #v3printonly { display:none; font-size:18px; } </style><style type="text/css" media="print"> #v3printonly { display:block; } </style><meta charset="UTF-8">Im sure you do not remember me, but I am an old collegue from the 70s an 80s. But we share many corporate events, I have been looking for music and poetry that would sum up this decade really, hi lighting this past year You have nailed it for me. Thank you for your shared creativity and if you do not mind I wills share . Sincerely, Vera Ariel Barber , now living in Park forest, IL Happy New Year 2021. <br><br><br><br>---------- Original message ----------<br><br>From: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>Date: Fri Jan 01 15:55:00 CST 2021<br>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Happy New Year! I Guess!<br>To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net;<br><br><br><div dir="auto">So true.. Happy 2021 to all. Thanks!</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 7:55 AM Sarah H. Buss via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Well stated, Jim.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 7:54 PM, isobeljimbish--- via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Thank you Milan, such excellent thoughts in poetry. </div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I agree with your words.😊🐨</div><div>I am just hanging in until Jan 2020. </div><div>Grace and peace are yours,</div><div>Isobel Bishop <br><br><div id="m_5915712010147380390AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 1 Jan 2021, at 10:24 am, Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ode to 2020<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">(Try singing this to ‘<i>O Tannenbaum’</i>)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish I could explain you.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish we could forget you!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Election wars, pandemic cruel<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">How did the world survive you?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish we could embalm you!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In wintertime, we sang and danced<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our stock portfolios quite enhanced<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then springtime came, our bubble burst<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And summer gave no respite.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">When autumn fell, we breathed a sigh<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">With Joe and Kamela riding high<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">But Trump refused to quit the race<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">He’ll hang around forever.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The frontline workers, heroes<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The year rolled on, the death toll rose<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our Pres. looked more like Nero<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Black lives mattered not so much<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Until George Floyd was murdered<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then some woke up to feel the pain<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And future hope revived again.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We wish we could explain you<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We wish we could redeem you.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The climate crisis coming fast<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">With not much time before we pass<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2021, Oh 2021!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We hope you will forgive us!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Milan Hamilton<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">12 31 20<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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