<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Joining in:<div><br></div><div>Feeling a deep pervasive tension leave my body as I feel safe here in Portugal</div><div>My upstairs neighbor who already came down to help me unlock my finicky door</div><div>The opportunity/decision/work to actually be who I am, visibly to the world</div><div>My partner and our two kitties, all of whom are full of quirks and personality and aliveness</div><div>The way the Mystery never lets go of me, no matter how long I lose touch with it</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 27, 2025, at 19:00, James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="ydpd261f385yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Our house household and neighbors</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the many voices in my head (my counsellors) and in my networks</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The young ones I run into, especially grandchildren</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the chance to volunteer at the food bank</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the ongoing struggle and uncertainty in life the world and society (this is a hard one --decisional, we used to call it)</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd261f385signature"><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><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydp209e23c4MsoNormal"><span>The
unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody
scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all
that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain
sailing. <span> </span>John Lennon</span></p></span><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;" class="ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">623-363-3277</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;" class="ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;" class="ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;"><a href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a></span></span></p></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 09:14:36 AM MST, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416"><div>My writing group facilitator assigned us to write down five things we are thankful for and write a paragraph about each, then after thanksgiving write about the actual experience of Thanksgiving day. A little alternative to sitting around the table asking everyone to say something they are thankful for. So this list just popped up for me and I thought I would share it with one group I am thankful to have shared and am sharing this big beautiful and dangerous world with. Wonder what you all’s Five Thanks might be:<div><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">Cinco Gracias</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">Google Translate</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">The time I was born into</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">Learning to read and write</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">My teachers</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">Poetry and song</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">Happy Thanksgiving!?</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;" class="ydpe291441dyiv2827243416MsoNormal">MM</p><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br></div>
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