<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks and the conversation is going on here too. Even surprisingly at the gym encountering a couple of hispanic guys who overheard a conversation on the tread mill and entered into it with their own feelings and sharing about the women in their lives and how it affected them. M<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2024, at 3:16 PM, Bill Parker 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"><div dir="ltr">We talked of “the collapse of Western Civilization” 60 years or so ago and this is what it looks like and how it feels. It was delayed by the astounding economic growth and the agency women gained to bring into a household another whole salary. But now, it is here and without returning to the past our experience in those 60 years tells us how to meet this historical moment, and on whose behalf we meet it. Given the diaspora of where we all are, there could be a dramatic and creative response to this moment. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Bill Parker <div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2024, at 4:16 PM, Jann McGuire via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Ellie. I needed that.<div><br></div><div>Jann </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 7:42 AM Ellie Stock 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 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
</div><div id="m_-176531871372177290ydp8e0a52fbyahoo_quoted_1830842474"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px">Dear Friends,</span><br></div><div><div id="m_-176531871372177290ydp8e0a52fbyiv8198458164"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2">For me, this is indeed a sad day for the United States, and perhaps the world. Trump's vision and actions are based on illusion--a house of cards built on sand, in the long run unsustainable and destructive. Now, we are called to continue to live into the values and truths that have guided us--love, kindness, compassion, courage, peace, beauty, justice, and gratitude for this amazing, interrelated world--and work toward a sustainable and resilient Earth and all that is in it. It will be a bumpy ride, as humanity and Earth are experiencing a great, maybe the greatest transition affecting and collapsing all humanity's systems and structures and Earth's systems. Wherever we are, we, as individuals and as communities, need to discern how best continue to be sustainable and resilient communities and perhaps be a catalyst for midwifing the yet unseen and new ways of living that will be in sync with Earth and all our relatives--animal, vegetable and mineral.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2">It is raining here today--maybe Earth's tears of grief; but, whether we see it or not, the sun is still there, gifting us another day and the energy with which to live it in humility, gratitude and compassion and passion.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="padding:12px 0px"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span><font size="2">Grace and peace ~</font> </div></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.32px;font-size:small">Ellie </span><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f31e.png" width="16" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; font-size: small; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" data-unique-identifier=""><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f30e.png" width="16" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; font-size: small; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" data-unique-identifier=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"> </font></div></div><br><br></div></div></div>
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