<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp5c3fcbd8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See attached -- Rabindranath Tagore -- I think this chapter was a study paper . . . also some reflections from Priscilla Wilson on all this . . .</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Judy and I turn 80 in 2025. I was sent by Marilyn and Judy to an AARP "HomeFit" workshop to gather tips on "aging in place" especially around household modifications and improvements.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Last week, on some zoom call, (they start to merge . . .) Ken and Ruth Gilbert were talking about their move from Springfield Illinois to Washington state -- Ken was insisting to call it "repotting" -- like you do with houseplants so their roots and all can continue to grow -- stressful in the short term, yet good for further growth.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp5c3fcbd8signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/james-wiegel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Wiegel </a> <br><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;" dir="ltr" class="ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"> </p><div> <span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydp209e23c4MsoNormal"><span>The
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On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 05:57:36 PM MST, Jann McGuire via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Dick.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'll be 87 in June<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jann McGuire</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067gmail_quote"><div id="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067yqt82651" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067yqt3719487753"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM Susan Fertig 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;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067gmail_quote"><div class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067msg-3916354931901077419">
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<p class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">I turned 80 in January. LOOOVE it! Wouldn’t want to be any younger!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:rgb(8,8,8);">Susan<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:rgb(8,8,8);">Susan Fertig-Dykes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Papyrus;">And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought . Isaiah 58:11</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Papyrus;"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Alton via OE<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:52 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>; Colleague Dialogue <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br clear="none">
<b>Cc:</b> Richard Alton <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:richard.alton@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">richard.alton@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] We are getting older- what fun<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">Dear Friends/Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">Ok, last week I got an email from Alisa Oyler that her mother, Marilyn Oyler, is turning 80 in April. She asked me if I would send her a card listing a particular gift she brought to the world
or at least a card. No problem- her mom is full of gifts.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">And then this morning John Patterson called me up looking for an email address. We chatted and he let me know that his 80<sup>th</sup> birthday was April 22, Earth Day. It is just like John to
have his birthday on the most important day of the year.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">I think it is part of the Order Rule that we send anybody who makes it to 80 a card holding up a gift. Well, at least a card. I just sent John a card that said, “I looked all over Chicago for
an 80th birthday card, but nothing. This is as close as I could get- Happy 90<sup>th</sup> birthday- something to grow into!”<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">Marilyn Oyler: 4208 N. 25th<sup>
</sup>Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85016, USA<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">John Patterson: 1487 Cranberry Lake Road, Haliburton ON, KOM 1S0, Canada<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">Being late is good- just send a card.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;line-height:115%;" class="ydpf71fd71ayiv9451123067MsoNormal">Dick Alton<u></u><u></u></p>
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