<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Of course as a part of the New Village Movement in Kenya, everyone received a 6’x2’ foam mattress to carry around circuiting villages<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<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></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 6, 2022, at 9:08 AM, James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">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. <div><br></div><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><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<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></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 5, 2022, at 7:57 PM, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><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><span></span><br><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><span></span><br><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><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jul 5, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Jack Gilles via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Bill and Marilyn,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks so much for yuru stories and experiences.. The images are real and stand out on stark contrast. What a wild bunch we were..</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Peace Within,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jack</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>OE mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></body></html>