<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">Happy New Year, Beret. Nice to hear from you as well. Did the ICA get a new director?<div>It is interesting to see so many people in dialogue with each other. I just do not feel good about </div><div>the skills needed to take part. I'm sorry. However, I have so much to keep me busy. I am feeling </div><div>great. One thing - 20 years ago in Anch. I was in an ESL class and took on a couple that had moved</div><div>there from China. They wanted to learn English. So using the methods of art form conversation and </div><div>sharing their knowledge of hymn singing, (and others) We had a wonderful experience. I am their</div><div>age now and I spoke with the widow just yesterday. She will be celebrating 99 yrs (in Chinese -100)</div><div>and was thrilled to see how well she looked and how much we still cared for one another. Life truly </div><div>is good. As Leonard Cohen sings " There is no cure for Love." </div><div>You take care. You are always in my thoughts. </div><div> </div><div><br><br>---------- Original message ----------<br><br>From: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>Date: Sat Jan 02 12:34:26 CST 2021<br>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Happy New Year! I Guess!<br>To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net;<br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Vera, it is great to "hear" your voice in this mix. It has been fun communicating with you every so often over the past few years. I enjoyed spending time with you when you made the long trip north to help out in the archives a few years ago. Beret</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 12:13 PM Vera M Barber via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div> Love it, Love, Love it!!!!<br><br><br><br>---------- Original message ----------<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>Date: Sat Jan 02 08:01:25 CST 2021<br>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Happy New Year! I Guess!<br>To: <a href="mailto:lindaandmilan@gmail.com" target="_blank">lindaandmilan@gmail.com</a>;<br><br><br>Now, Milan, can you do a music video so we can sing along? I will offer to record if you sing<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“A revolution is on the horizon: a wholesale transformation of the world economy and the way people live.” Fred Krupp</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 1, 2021, at 11:40 PM, Linda and Milan Hamilton <u></u> wrote:<br><br><u></u></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Well thanks, but I wasn’t sure it would quite rise to that level. But I did feel like I had to say something about the year that was🤠 Milan<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 1, 2021, at 8:18 PM, James Wiegel via OE <u></u> wrote:<br><br><u></u></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:" helvetica="" neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"=""><div><div dir="ltr">Exciting Milan!! It has been a while since we added new songs to the song book!!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi Vera, Park Forest, eh? I went to grade school in Matteson!</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><a href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Wiegel</a> <br><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" dir="ltr"> </p><div> <span><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>The
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<div><div id="gmail-m_7757369583318866778ydp402ca8c8yiv8178459439"><div><div> </div></div><div>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 clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">---------- Original message ----------<br clear="none"><br clear="none">From: <a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br clear="none">Date: Fri Jan 01 15:55:00 CST 2021<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Happy New Year! I Guess!<br clear="none">To: <a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>;<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>So true.. Happy 2021 to all. Thanks!</div><div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 7:55 AM Sarah H. Buss via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Well stated, Jim.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 7:54 PM, isobeljimbish--- via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Thank you Milan, such excellent thoughts in poetry. </div></blockquote></div><div><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 clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="gmail-m_7757369583318866778ydp402ca8c8yiv8178459439m_5915712010147380390AppleMailSignature">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div id="gmail-m_7757369583318866778ydp402ca8c8yiv8178459439yqt38822"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">On 1 Jan 2021, at 10:24 am, Milan Hamilton via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Ode to 2020<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p>(Try singing this to ‘<i>O Tannenbaum’</i>)<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>I wish I could explain you.<u></u><u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>I wish we could forget you!<u></u><u></u></p><p>Election wars, pandemic cruel<u></u><u></u></p><p>How did the world survive you?<u></u><u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>I wish we could embalm you!<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>In wintertime, we sang and danced<u></u><u></u></p><p>Our stock portfolios quite enhanced<u></u><u></u></p><p>Then springtime came, our bubble burst<u></u><u></u></p><p>And summer gave no respite.<u></u><u></u></p><p>When autumn fell, we breathed a sigh<u></u><u></u></p><p>With Joe and Kamela riding high<u></u><u></u></p><p>But Trump refused to quit the race<u></u><u></u></p><p>He’ll hang around forever.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>The frontline workers, heroes<u></u><u></u></p><p>The year rolled on, the death toll rose<u></u><u></u></p><p>Our Pres. looked more like Nero<u></u><u></u></p><p>Black lives mattered not so much<u></u><u></u></p><p>Until George Floyd was murdered<u></u><u></u></p><p>Then some woke up to feel the pain<u></u><u></u></p><p>And future hope revived again.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>We wish we could explain you<u></u><u></u></p><p>Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<u></u><u></u></p><p>We wish we could redeem you.<u></u><u></u></p><p>The climate crisis coming fast<u></u><u></u></p><p>With not much time before we pass<u></u><u></u></p><p>Oh 2021, Oh 2021!<u></u><u></u></p><p>We hope you will forgive us!<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Milan Hamilton<u></u><u></u></p><p>12 31 20<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>OE mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a shape="rect" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>OE mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a shape="rect" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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