Judy Lindblad uses the description Rightsizing...I like that! Dick and I are in that process too...he is 85/83 am I...for the first time iN our lives we shall be snowbirds, going to Charleston to be with Claudia and Jim from Nov. to March, thus are selecting what to bring along. Take care, Ellen Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Jack Gilles via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Jan,
Good to hear you are well. I am redefining the term Downsizing these days. I think we are really going down inside as well of getting rid of all those “things” we no longer can fit in a smaller abode. I went through the same process with all the possessions I had to leave in Meadville when I moved to Mexico. Now, except for some few things that are precious to me, everything else I am letting go. I think we talked about that as Detachtment, but we also saw that as Freedom. So welcome to “Freedom-ville!
Peace,
Jack
On Sep 19, 2020, at 8:08 AM, Jann McGuire via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
This community is such a comfort as "the days dwindle down to a precious few".
I am downsizing to move from the house Fred and I moved into in 1976. Some of you remember the place from Town Meeting 76 days. Lots to deal with in addition to smoke from fires to the east and Covid rules. Several potential buyers trailed the house yesterday, masked and gloved.
I feel like an ordinary Egyptian must have, when Moses and Aaron were convincing the pharoah to let the Israelites go.
Gratitude, love and blessings,
Jann McGuire
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:07 PM James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: So tell him to write new words that are “century appropriate”. :)
Jim Wiegel “The old dreams were good dreams; they didn’t work out but I’m glad I had them.” Robert James Waller
On Sep 16, 2020, at 6:42 PM, Zoe Barley <zbarley@earthlink.net> wrote:
I think Ken worked on this one (Pentecost ) but he denies all knowledge so who knows.
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On Wed Sep 16 17:12:56 MDT 2020 James Wiegel via OE wrote: With Isobel's post, I was reminded of a song from Baptist Vacation Bible School that had the line in it "See the fire burning Lord, Somebody touched me" And I got wondering if someone is writing some new songs that capture these days. Then I thought of 2 old ones from the composite song book: Pentecost Hymn and Prayer . . . PENTECOST HYMN
Tune: There's New World Coming
Like the sound of heaven with the rushing of the wind
Came the fire a‑burning and new life was given to men.
The young see visions and the old dream dreams
Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
To the light from darkness, and to freedom from fear
Building from the ashes into one community
Peter, Paul, and Luther, Augustine and Benedict
Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
With despair abounding and a lack of hope around
Still the Spirit comes to the ones who birth the day
Giving breath and being to the ones who give their death
Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
For the coming ages and the journey of mankind
We claim the promise that the fire give life to them
Deciding freely to live on behalf of all
Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
PRAYER
Tune: Aravah (Hebrew)
When I see my life
ever is torn
And loved ones
violated
And my failures are daily reborn
Then sorrow with
heaven is weighted
Yet I can gladly em-brace every hour
And praise God’s
inequity
I can sing of my blessings that shower
My joy
inexpressible be.
Now here I stand
battered to and fro
The chaos within
yet surrounding
I cry out my want and
the lack that I know
And power from with-
out feel uplifting.
The weight of the world
on my shoulders I bear
I echo the
voices that cry
The path of Mankind
with my agony bent
And my God I’ll fight on
‘til I die.
Jim Wiegel
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On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 03:57:28 PM MST, isobeljimbish--- via OE <
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wrote:
Dear colleagues on the Way, The Australian colleagues are thinking about you as you suffer and grieve over loss of life and property; with the onslaught of the bush fires on your west coast. We understand the horror and pain you are experiencing, coming from our own horrendous past summer. Thinking of you all, With our fondest love, Isobel Bishop
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On 17 Sep 2020, at 12:20 am, RICHARD HOWIE via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
wrote:
Keeping you all in prayer. Our cream colored skies here are caused by the smoke high up in the atmosphere. Take good care, Ellen and Dick
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On Sep 15, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Seth Longacre via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
wrote:
The smoke is seriously no joke. We closed up all the windows days ago and aren’t letting the kitties out, but even with an air filter, the smoke is giving me headaches. I think most of Oregon is like here in Ashland — everyone who can be is in lockdown and then there are the worst off who’ve been evacuated and are living in their cars in parking lots with no escape at all from the smoke.
But we’re lucky. The majority of those who’ve lost their homes here in So Oregon are those on the low end of the socioeconomic scale — whole mobile home parks have been razed, the fire is not yet contained, most non-essential businesses are closed, there’s little to know public transport running. On the upside, donations pour in to several locations, the schools and several churches are providing food and shelter, everyone from cellphone companies to massage therapists are showing up and volunteering services to those in need.
And some rain is predicted for Thursday night and Friday. We may run out and dance in the streets.
Sent from one of my iThingees, please excuse brevity and typos
On Sep 15, 2020, at 08:22, Ellie Stock via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
wrote:
Just wondering what the front line news about the fires is from folks living in CA, WA, and OR. We're thinking about you, wondering how you are doing, and hoping you are staying safe. The news media accounts of neighborhoods destroyed and intense smoke air pollution is heart-rending.
Ellie Stock elliestock@aol.com
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