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<p>The residents of 314(?) Homan in Fifth City were: Ron & Marci
Clutz, third floor, Jim & Lynn Bell, basement, Terry &
Karen Wright, third floor, Alice & myself, second floor. Late
fall '71. Due to the cold, the steam heat was just turned on. The
steam valve in our room was open and allowed live steam to flood
our room with hot moisture soaking everything even the oil cloth
ceiling. It sagged so low that on our return from our late night
security detail, we could only open the door to our apartment with
great effort. As we finally forced the door open what faced us
in the living room were hundreds of cockroaches scurrying across
the flour paste that held the oil cloth to the ceiling. We had to
pull the rest of the ceiling cover down and roll it up in order to
clear the room. We dragged the mess, cockroaches and all, out to
the back and threw it on a pile of debris that had piled up.
Cockroaches were our constant companions for a long time!</p>
<p>We also were assigned to Kemper and I believe we were on the
sixth floor as well. Our room was a small office with two steel
desks pushed together to make our bed and desk drawers for the
rest of our "two suitcase" belongings. Our neighbors next to us
were Ruth & Fred Haman and across the hall from us were Fred
& Sarah Buss. At that time the permeators were arranged in
teams. Ruth and I were on the same team of which I was the team
leader when Ruth mysteriously disappeared. It was a frantic time
and caused much commotion. We never found her.</p>
<p>Jim Baumbach<br>
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I was going to say something about living in a file cabinet room
in the newly acquired Kemper building with two showers for
everyone (one on the eighth floor and one on the six floor) but I
guess I’ll just be quiet. As for scorpions I got bit by one in
our bed a few years ago and another watching television in our
living room.
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<div> yesterday I finished reading Thomas Berry‘s book the great
work. in his closing chapters he talks about us living in a
moment of grace by which he means a moment when something new
has to happen one way or another like when something figured out
how to use carbon dioxide or when respiration was invented or
the discovery of the use of fire, or …</div>
<div>Looking back, What really was the invention or innovation we
were passionate about that led us to coal bin rooms icicle
attics and tents in the monsoon? And what do these stories and
photos have to say about THIS 21st Century moment of grace??<br>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us
talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p>
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Wanda via OE <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net"><oe@lists.wedgeblade.net></a> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>I Agree with you Jack….we were a “wild
caring bunch” and willing to do whatever it took to Care
for Others….</span><br>
<span>Our House & floor in Jejudo was with a Korean
family in the village. We slept on Ondul floors (heated
underneath….if we were lucky) and on a Yo mat (80x60
inches) which was just about the size of the room. We
rolled it up in the morning and placed on a bench built
into the back wall of the room where our clothes were
placed. The walls were made of rice paper like you see in
the movies and since our room was next to the rice storage
room, the mice made their way across our room for their
nightly meal. Fortunately they did not bother us as the
“tasty” stuff was in the room next to ours that they had
to pass through. </span><br>
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<span>There are so many great tales to tell by any of us
that I will finish off one more of the many I could tell
and that was in Majuro. It seems the easiest way to set up
for temporary housing was to sleep on the floor. The walls
were so thin where we were housed, that we use to joke in
the morning that we sometimes said to the couple in the
next room, on the floor also. Let’s see if we can surpass
your “mating” rituals and noise tonight….all in fun, I
will not share who that couple was in the room on the
floor next to us. </span><br>
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<span>All in All….what a wonderful life it was because we
were all in it Together, not for ourselves, but for what
we were out to accomplish on Behalf of ALL “To</span><br>
<span>💓💞</span><br>
<span>Wanda</span><br>
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<span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br>
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stories and experiences.. The images are real and stand
out on stark contrast. What a wild bunch we were..</span><br>
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