tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35399229674267352762024-03-05T14:40:14.644-08:00My Sister's Garden"In your garden scatter seeds
of loving thoughts and kindly deeds;
you will open wide the magic gate,
happiness will not be late;
if you walk the sunlit way,
joy will come as bright as day."
Ethel Fairmont, from "The Lovely Garden."Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-76608828665546589882017-06-10T21:09:00.003-07:002017-06-10T21:10:18.954-07:00Women were important Too! When John Adams was working on the road to Independence and new government, his wife, Abigail asked him, "don't forget the women, dear." He did unfortunately, but then the new government wrestled with many issues that could have destroyed it before the nation ever got started.<br />
What is sometimes forgotten when the historians speak of boycotting British goods, is who makes the purchases, who has to plan meals and design clothing around the American goods available. In my novel I don't forget the women, and their efforts. I don't forget either that it is the women and children who are most hurt by the blockaded harbor and unemployment, or that it is the women who feel the need to act. Here is part of a chapter extolling the role of women, the numbers are historically accurate.<br />
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<i> It was thirteen year old Sarah who said it first, “Mother, we women have acted throughout this time of turmoil. We have refused to purchase British goods or shop where British goods were being sold. Other women too have refused to purchase British goods or to sell them. We are stronger than Father thinks. I cannot bear to see Gabe carry this burden alone and I fear Rafe may do something rash. They helped a couple by giving them Tuck’s cabin. We gave food to Uncle when he was ill. Surely we can do something more substantial!”<br /> Mother listened thoughtfully, then spoke, “Well child or should I say young lady. Thee have said much of what I was thinking. I may not have signed a boycott agreement but I have not served tea to our family, in fact I gave Uncle the last of the tea we had in the cupboard.”<br /> “Yes,” Sarah replied. “And you taught me to spin and weave and all our new clothes are homespun. Not only that but our knit scarves and gloves are warmer than any British goods. Say Mother, maybe that is a way. We could get women together to make clothing, or at least scarves and gloves for the poor.”</i><br />
<i> “That is a great start. I know several women who would like to help. But I still want to find Mrs. Watson and Jean. Do thee think thee can lead me to them?”</i><br />
<i> “Thee knew I followed the boys, did thee not?”</i><br />
<i> “Of course. Thy errands always took longer if the boys had gone to see Uncle.”</i><br />
<i> “Well, it will serve us in good stead. I know where Mrs. Watson is for sure, she always has laundry on the line.”</i><br />
<i> Mother replied, “It is my thought that she does laundry to support or help support her family. She took in Luke, Jean and the baby. She must have ideas for us.”</i><br />
<i> Sarah led Mother toward the wharf, she got confused at first about the direction to the harbor cabins, but then saw the white blowing in the breeze and was sure it was Mrs. Watson’s laundry on the line. When they arrived, they found an exhausted woman, frustrated at the situation she and others found themselves in. How could the town let this all happen? Why did not they act to help those made poor by the soldiers taking the only work available?</i><br />
<i>*****</i><br />
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<i> Mrs. Watson told the women she felt overwhelmed by the depth of the problem, the sheer numbers of the poor. Except for taking in a couple now and then, or providing a meal for someone, she did not know what else she could do. With the non-importation acts by the colonists, the price of clothing was out of reach. The poorest had no spinning wheels or looms and were in desperate need of warm clothing. They needed food and shelter too, but for the most part those not in the almshouses would rather starve than go there and face the breakup of their family.</i><br />
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<![endif]--><i> Mrs. Watson pointed to what had been Tucks’ cabin. There was only a little smoke coming from the chimney. </i><br />
<i> Sarah asked, “Why do not Luke and Jean have a larger fire today? It is cold.” </i><br />
<i> Mrs. Watson replied, wiping the tears from her eyes. “The Nelson’s baby died two days after they settled in, probably from the two nights spent in the open. Since the burial Jean just sits and stares at the floor. She does not clean, or cook, or wash. She just sits. Luke stays with her as much as he can for she lets the fire go out, but he needs to find work to do and so must leave her alone at times.” </i><br />
<i> “Their story is fairly typical. Luke earned money as an able seaman, they rented nice rooms for a time and were able to save a bit. When the British arrived and ice covered the harbor, no ships were sailing so he found work on the ropewalk, until all the trouble. Since he earned less on land than he did at sea they moved to attic rooms for less rent. By watching their money carefully they were able to stay in the attic until the landlord asked them to leave, as his son and wife had to move home as he too had no work. </i><br />
<i> “Luke, Jean, and the baby were given three days to find another place. They could not find one they could afford, and so spent two nights huddled under a fishing boat along the harbor. I saw them shivering in the cold and brought them home with me. The Nelsons had only been here one day when your boys stopped by. I thought the boys were a godsend. But their kindness was too late for the baby, and maybe for the mother. So many good people have been hurt by the arrival of the British and it has been such a hard winter.”</i><br />
<i> Mrs. Watson finished by saying. “I do what I can but the problem is beyond me. I do not know what you folks can do to help but food and warm clothing would be a blessing.” </i><br />
<i> Charity explained that they planned to have women join them to spin and to knit at least scarves, socks and gloves. They hoped that they could bring the goods to Mrs. Watson and she could distribute the items to the poor. </i><br />
<i> Mrs. Watson smiled and said, “I might not have the time for distribution, but I have an idea about who might have the time. Let me work on my idea. You can bring the finished projects here.” </i><br />
<i> Sarah’s idea seemed to be the way to help. Mother gathered her Quaker friends. They talked, they laughed, and they made thread and yarn. Anyone with a spinning wheel was welcome, and if a person did not know how to spin, they were taught. Sarah and her friends were never without some sort of needle work. Even conversations after dinner were accompanied by the clicking of needles, as scarf after scarf was completed.</i><br />
<i> The Boston Gazette, interpreted their acts, and those of other women, as ones of patriotism, saying, “the industry and frugality of American ladies must exalt their character in the Eyes of the World and serve to show how greatly they are contributing to bring about the political salvation of a whole continent.” </i><br />
<i> Some of the wealthier women, wanting to support the non-importation of British goods, began employing poor women to sew their clothing. Some merchants began loaning spinning wheels and purchasing the spun thread which they then put out to weavers. More than 170,000 yards of homespun were purchased before the repeal of the Townsend Act. For some, independence from British goods continued to be their aim, and many a poor woman now supplied with equipment and a purchaser could spin and remain at home to support her family. </i><br />
<i> Sarah and Mother felt they were making a difference. They knew that their actions and those of other women like them helped the poorest of the poor. If even a few mothers could stay home to work and care for their children that was better than it had been before, when the youngest of children as well as both parents strove to find paying work to put food on the table. </i><br />
<i> That many still wandered, or remained in poverty, came from foolish laws and a mistaken idea about poverty. Mother and daughter often thought out loud together, “What good was done by putting a man into jail because he could not pay his debts. Would he earn the money there? And what of his family, would not they just be placed on the relief rolls? And almshouses, why separate families? Would not a man work harder to keep his family fed and clothed. What was the almshouse incentive? And the ‘warnings out?’ If a family was poor, a woman could not leave to go to her family for help, she had to stay with her husband. The man could not go to his wife’s family for help, because he did not have residence where his wife’s family lived. How did these poverty laws help anyone?” </i><br />
<i> So, if the law couldn’t or wouldn’t help, an individual might. After three weeks, Sarah, Rafe, and Charity returned to the home of Mrs. Watson. Mary told them her idea and it was agreed that Rafe would approach Jean with their needs. When Rafe arrived at the cabin, Jean was cleaning up after lunch. Her eyes were red from crying, and though she was out of her chair and moving about, her countenance plainly showed the depth of her depression. Jean welcomed Rafe however, saying Uncle had not ever arrived. </i><br />
<i> Rafe took the chair she offered, and began by saying, “Jean, I know you and Luke have been through great sadness, but I have a problem I hope you can help me with.” </i><br />
<i> Jean said, “You have been so generous, Luke and I would do anything to help you if we can.” </i><br />
<i> “I know Luke needs to find work,” Rafe began, “It is your help I need right now. My sister and mother and their friends have been knitting and sewing and have completed a large quantity of items to be handed to the poorest of those in need. We don’t have the time to hand them out, and we know with certainty that Mary with her laundry business does not have time to deliver the items either. We are hoping we can depend on you.” </i><br />
<i> Jean was thoughtful, and did not say anything for a while. Rafe waited patiently, hoping his offer would be accepted and that this might raise Jean out of her depression. Finally Jean looked up, she said, “I don’t know if I can.” </i><br />
<i> Rafe responded, “Then why not come with me to Mrs. Watson’s and together maybe we can find a solution.” Jean agreed though she felt nervous about leaving the cabin. She had not seen anyone or been anywhere since their baby died. </i><br />
<i> Mary Watson was pleased to see Jean. Jean shyly thanked Mrs. Watson for her kindness after the baby’s death. Both women expressed their pleasure at the number and quality of items the Bellsons had brought. At Mrs. Watson’s nod, Rafe, Charity and Sarah rose to take their leave. Mrs. Watson said, “Thank you. Jean and I can figure this out. Keep up the excellent work. Your items will save many from the cold.” As Sarah and Charity left, they immediately began making plans for more items. Rafe looked back to see young Hope waving goodbye to him from the doorway. She called, “Come back soon.” </i><br />
<i> And they did come back soon. Every three weeks Charity, Sarah, or Rafe would take the finished items to the home of Mrs. Watson. Mary told them that she and Jean had delivered the first group of items together. The next time Jean did it alone. Later, Jean had set up a sewing circle in her home with the women and children they had helped. Jean grew happier and healthier, and finally rounder, as she became pregnant with another child. <br /></i> <i><br /><br /><br /><br /></i>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-20994112281470258342017-05-15T11:01:00.000-07:002017-05-15T11:01:02.997-07:00The Middle PassageI cannot imagine what it could possibly be like to be ripped from one's home, chained in a caravan and marched to the sea to be loaded on a ship for another continent. I have tried to do so in Tucks. Some feel I should have written the remembrance of Tuck's father in the broken English I have used in other places in my narrative. I couldn't. It is too real. This is not the halting speech of someone using another country's language to express what was experienced. This is the gut wrenching experience of some one who lost everything. Someone who is able to articulate the experience. Who is able to articulate his experience and what it has done to him. Someone who feels he once was someone, and now isn't anymore. Someone who has a hole so deep neither love of wife or child can fill the abyss. This is what I wrote:<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘It’s time
you understood the whole story. My aunts
and uncles and cousins all lived in the same village. Days we followed the
cattle, our wealth, but we also swam on hot days, or pretended to be lions or
monkeys. We ran and laughed; we learned
to make spears and throw them. Life was
golden like the African sun.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘Then they
came. These pale faced humans with their
guns and chains. My cousins and I were
caught. Metal circles were put on our
ankles and chains were attached through rings until all of us were connected. When one put his right foot forward, we all
did. If one man stumbled, we held him
up, for if he fell we would also. We
marched for days across grassland and through jungle with short stops for water
and a little bread. A few tried to fight
back and were whipped. A couple of boys
refused to eat and died one night, one of them was my youngest cousin. These boys were unchained from us and left
lying there for the animals. I could not
give my cousin the proper burial.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘We finally
reached the sea. Huge waves came
crashing in. I had seen the sea before,
but never like this. The wind tore
through palms and the water frothed, then the downpour. It was as though the very gods did not want
us to set sail.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘We
shivered in our chains as we waited, for what we did not know. If we had, we would have found a way to die
there too, as others had. When the storm
eased we were rowed out to a huge boat. I had seen the small boats of
fishermen, but nothing like this one with tall masts and lines and canvas. When we arrived on deck, we were given a thin
soup, while the smaller boats went to shore for the others. Before the next boats arrived we were taken
below…to hell.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘Many were
already there, lying on planks, on shelves.
Each man lay close to the other.
There was no room to roll over, or sit up, or change position in any
way. As each row filled, our feet were
chained again. I was separated from my
cousins, and I already felt the fear in all of us. The moaning and crying for
deliverance was painful to hear. There
we were, waiting until the cargo, the other Africans, were loaded. The ship was already rocking in the water,
and when the ship finally began to move, many became sea sick. You can only imagine the smell of all those
bodies, and no way to relieve yourself, except where you lay.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">‘Storms
made it even worse-the rolling, the fear-would we sink? Many could not survive the fear and
died. Once in a great while, I do not
know how often, we would be brought up in groups on deck. They would pour water over us to clean us,
and some poor soul would scrub and clean where we had lain. The fresh salt air gave me strength, but no
hope of freedom for land was nowhere to be seen. When the women were brought on deck, we men
listened to their screams. We could only
imagine what might be happening. Each
morning we listened, counting the splashes to see how many had died in the
night, usually four or five. I heard one
of the crew say we slaves were the stronger, only one third of us died, while
almost half the crew would die of accidents or disease on the voyage.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> ‘When we finally arrived in Boston, we were
taken into a large stone building with a dirt floor. I looked around for my cousins, but
discovered that none of them had survived.
In groups, we were inspected, washed down, and given a clean cloth over
our privates. Then we stood on a
platform and people bid on us. Some
looked in our mouths, or at our privates, to see how young or how strong we
were. I was a young man, only twelve,
about your age, when our owner bought me.
Every day I know, if either you or I do not please our master, our
owner, he can do what he wants with us. Even
kill us. In Africa I was prince, the
younger prince. Here I am nothing.’"<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Just a few short paragraphs to try to help the reader understand the horror of it all. As though any amount of writing could make us understand what happened, or even why any of us thought this was an acceptable business, this slave trading and slave owning. Of course the Quakers, some of them felt differently, but that's an entry for another time.</div>
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Kathy</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear Kathy,<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have now read your
book -- it was great fun! The "diary connection" from Crispus Attucks
to Sam Adams is a brilliant idea!<br />
I also found it impressive how you introduced each topic -- whether the
"looks" of a ship or the job of a Jack Tar. Your approach takes the
individuals and their jobs very serious -- in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">an easily understandable way.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks for sharing your
book with me,<br />
best Dirk</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Dirk Hoerder, Prof. emeritus, Arizona State Univ., History.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crowd<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>Action<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>Revolutionary<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>Massachusetts:<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>1765-<span style="mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span>1780</i>, Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Javanovich, New <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">York, </span>1977</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"> </span>Kathy,
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you have Gabe sort it out in his own mind: care and respect not only for the slave but for those who enslave.</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-default-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-greek-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-latin-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ligatures: none;">It tells the story of Crispus Attucks and his friendship with a young Quaker boy, in 1766-1773 Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the book is a novel, it is based on several years of research, and has the list of sources used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The back cover reflects a review by three of the sources used.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-default-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-greek-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-latin-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>While the novel is a story about two friends, it is also a story that encourages:</span></div>
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-30556703366226569092015-04-03T20:17:00.001-07:002015-04-03T20:17:53.347-07:00CHRIST IN DACHAU -Maximilian KolbeRev. Lenz writes with clarity and forgiveness in this book about a priest's experience in a Nazi Concentration Camp. The horrors faced by the Germans and Austrian priests were nothing compared to the sufferings of the Polish priests. The Polish priests were treated much as the Jews were treated in Dachau, but Father Lenz doesn't spend time on the horrors experienced by others in the camps. He can't, he can only present the sufferings he and his comrades experienced, that was all his being could accommodate.<br />
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2,720 clerics - 2400 Catholic Priests, lay brothers and seminarians, as well as ministers of various other religious denominations - representatives of 134 dioceses and 24 nations, were interned in Dachau concentration camps. 1,034 lost their lives. (The following is from Fr. Lenz.)<br />
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"One of those was Father Maximilian Kolbe. He took the place of a man with six children. On June 30th 1941, a fellow prisoner escaped. So ten other prisoners were chosen at random and ordered to die as hostages. They were stripped naked and thrown together into a cell in the notorious "death block." From then on they were given nothing to eat or drink until they died. As is well known, thirst is an even greater torment than hunger for its victims, causing fever, delirium and ultimate madness.<br />
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"Kr. Kolbe led the pitiful group of prisoners in prayer and hymns until they could no longer speak. After 14 days only he was still alive, whereupon they killed him with an injection of carbolic acid. An eyewitness describes his face in death as 'radiant like that of a saint.'"<br />
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"In the summer of 1942 many of our community were no longer capable of standing or even of<br />
sitting upright. 'I offer my life for my sins and the sins of the world' were the last words of one of my priest comrades. Priests died all around us and they left us so peacefully, so easily, with such joy. They just slipped quietly out of our lives, home to God their Creator."<br />
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I would like to think I have that kind of faith. But I have not been tested to this degree. What about you?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-52868932897149377842015-01-01T20:57:00.000-08:002015-01-01T20:57:07.036-08:00Christ in DachauDear Friends,<br />
As many of you know I've been researching the period of WWI and WWII in Germany for a book I'm calling <u>OTTO</u>. I've recently picked up CHRIST IN DACHAU by Rev. John M. Lenz. Lenz is a Catholic priest writing about his 6 years in Dachau concentration camp. He maintains the only prisoners hated worse than the Jews were Catholic Priests. He would also maintain that Christ was with him and others the whole time. Those who were able to keep their faith, could pray and sing to honor God despite the horrendous conditions and brutal work details. From the Introduction:<br />
"The important think to remember, however, is that they were dealt with as a class apart, as a particular menace to the Nazi ideology, and therefore, that their particular story, their reaction to the whole struggle, is doubly significant-firstly because they were priest of God, professional champions of Christ's Church, and secondly because their gaolers recognized in them the representatives of the most powerful enemy of Nazism.<br />
And, from the Author's Forward:<br />
"What we priests were forced to endure under the Nazi regime, especially in Dachau concentration camp, is no more than a cup filled from the vast sea of human suffering in the world today. It is not this suffering as such which is important. The important thing is to show those who have crosses of their own to bear in life just what the grace of God can do for those who follow faithfully in the footsteps of Christ the Crucified....<br />
"Dachau is a terrible warning to us all, not only for today but for tomorrow. God alone knows how real and present the lessons of this book may yet be for us...For it is only possible to profit from the bitter lessons of the past if these events in the history of the world are viewed with the eyes of true Christian faith....<br />
"This book is not a novel, but a piece of contemporary evidence, it bears witness to an encounter with Christ, to a recognition of Christ at a time of the bitterest suffering, the fiercest combat with the forces of evil. It is an inspiring story of priestly devotion and heroism at a time when the Church of God was subjected to danger and persecution..." Stay tuned for more!!!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-35612061015591879572013-06-22T19:40:00.001-07:002013-06-22T19:40:38.569-07:00I'm Back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgiWSiGGSiQwnowp5yOgmKZTzRIn9srsE2ijxJEVzkFmQEsXQ4iXExkqaH8_A-r4gD3I9cQIj_YunSrU2csz5YAA_nxApq-ozcGGXDai1UVfdmT41n7WiLAOvOfJe4JxsynhubjddbF7Z/s1600/stock-photo-chickadee-in-february-2836360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgiWSiGGSiQwnowp5yOgmKZTzRIn9srsE2ijxJEVzkFmQEsXQ4iXExkqaH8_A-r4gD3I9cQIj_YunSrU2csz5YAA_nxApq-ozcGGXDai1UVfdmT41n7WiLAOvOfJe4JxsynhubjddbF7Z/s200/stock-photo-chickadee-in-february-2836360.jpg" width="200" /></a> I haven't written for a while, again, this time because I've gotten myself involved in a variety of organizations. First as Chair of our Pastoral Council, second as President of our local CCW, third as a volunteer to Brush Creek Mill, and I have organized a writer's group: Brush Creek Writers.<br />
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I have finished <strong><em>Tucks and Me, </em></strong>and have found a great editor. She edited the first few pages, then gave me suggestions for revision that will save me editor fees. If you have a chance to work with Mary Jo Zazueta please do. You'll find her at <a href="http://www.tothepointsolutions.com/">www.tothepointsolutions.com</a>. <br />
I have done a lot of work on <strong><em>Otto, </em></strong>a novel about an SS/farmer who believes and comes face to face with the reality of what was done by his heroes during WWII.<br />
If any of you have a chickadee photo/design, I could use a good logo. So far I'm just using a stock photo, see above. You can find out the other things I've been up to if you check on the link above for <a href="http://www.chickadeehillinc.com/">www.chickadeehillinc.com</a>.<br />
Talk to you soon!<br />
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-14200703049754834522012-04-22T15:14:00.000-07:002012-04-23T15:01:36.020-07:00Shema<b>Shema:</b><br />
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Shema is the Hebrew word for “hear,” as in <br />
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<i> Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all </i><br />
<i> your heart, will all your soul, and with all your might.</i><br />
This is also the text the Musseim call from their minarets, and the believers stop to pray.<br />
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If our “God is one,” why do we fight each other? Perhaps because of belief of the “one” God? In a polytheistic world the Jews were counter-cultural. Difference breeds a danger in human minds. It is the reason children call names or bully one another. It is difference that leads to misunderstandings and to fights or wars. To be counter-cultural is to present a danger to the smooth agreements that form a society. Something new is a danger for it calls all accepted beliefs into question; it disturbs the status quo and threatens law makers and those who benefit from a society which follows “their” principles.<br />
Today, as we face all sorts of beliefs, to be counter-cultural and believe in one God is dangerous. To believe in Love is dangerous. In a society focused on “us vs. them,” Love is dangerous. Those who profit from the balance of us and them are against those who believe in Love towards All. <br />
I often think of today’s society when I think of the Bible’s position on aliens. We are to be kind to them for we were once aliens ourselves. At least in the Americas, only the native peoples are non-aliens, the rest of us came here from somewhere else. So, we are the aliens. <br />
The reverse is true when it comes to behavior-in a society which presses to remove “In God we Trust,” everything is moral—immorality is moral, is acceptable—for there are no standards. It is the age- old question of “who” is to decide what is acceptable or not, and isn’t everything shades of grey?<br />
Let someone become a Hero, he is destroyed. His/her accomplishments are nothing if there is one blemish in their life. All models of behavior are to be shot down, removed from their pedestals; the criminal becomes the underdog, the victim. Consequences of any action are “unfair.” Yet, actions have consequences. A society without Love for each member is a society ready to fall.<br />
Jesus the Christ came to save us, to forgive us. Is it pride to believe we don’t need saving or forgiving? Would He have needed to come, to die, to rise, if humans hadn’t chosen selfishness instead of Love? The real danger is evil, not love. <br />
Do we still hear? Hear that internal moral voice, or has it been drowned out by desires? In silence we can hear the “still small voice,” the whispering voice, but we have to allow silence; we have to quiet the voices clamoring for action, so we can listen, so we can hear.<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-25434943796830142692012-04-22T15:11:00.002-07:002012-04-23T15:05:56.893-07:00Kyrie 2 Here I am again in <b><i>A Biblical Walk Through the Mass</i></b> by Edward Sri.<br />
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First: I am constantly amazed at what the Scriptures have to say to me as an individual. Vatican II explained, <br />
<i> "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the while he employed hem in his task, made full use of their own faculties and powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as true authors that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no more." </i><br />
A new word for me, <i>theopneustos,</i> which means God-breathed. What a marvelous image, God breathing in the minds of men so they could write what needed to be written. I used to just listen or phase out when the scripture was being read during Mass. Since I have been a Lector, I have had to study the words in order to read them with meaning. This has caused me to listen carefully to the words of Mass, and I discover at each Mass, God breathing his meaning in my ear. Sometimes I feel His presence in my mind.<br />
Another new concept: I’ve always like the Hymn “Lord of the Dance,” but I really understood why “dance” was chosen. I’ve thought of the way some think of life or marriage or even work as a kind of dance – though in these cases the ‘dance’ wasn’t joyful, but required-if one were to win or at least keep from losing. Since God is Love and Joy follows Love, then His is a joyful dance. Thomas Howard wrote:<br />
<i>The universe, all creatures and things, all angels and saints, invite us, “Come Join the Dance.” The antiphons of the Mass are early training in the great choreography, in the great ringing antiphon before the eternal perichoressis, the “Dance” of the Persons of the Trinity. The seraphim know this; and in the liturgy we begin to be introduced into this blissful antiphonality. When we respond to the Psalm, we are taking or first steps in the Dance.</i><br />
Here the Dance is the joyful praise of God; as when the choirs of angels sing in praise of God in the ongoing Mass of Heaven. Their joy becomes a song or a dance in praise as the saints, angels, and other creatures sing back and forth in their hymn and dance of joy. It is this back and forth chanting of psalms and antiphons that become the dance.<br />
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<b>Sanctus:</b><br />
<i> Holy, Holy, Holy Lord</i><br />
To repeat in threes is to find completion. Holy Lord is to recite a name. Holy, Holy is the beginning of action. Holy, Holy, Holy, is praise – the Sanctus is praise – but also a description of the indescribable.<br />
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<i> Lord, God of Hosts</i><br />
Who are these hosts? Saint, choirs of angels, archangels, seraphim all singing the threefold praise of Holy.<br />
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<i> Heaven and earth are full of your glory</i><br />
For me, living in the deep woods, the glory of God surrounds me: lakes, streams, oaks and pines each a glorious statement regardless of the seasons – have you ever seen a pint dusted in snow, or the copper oak leaves frosted in the midst of white – and the clouds, sunrises, sunsets, birds at a feeder, the antics of squirrels, the glory of Fall or the budding green in Spring. Even without storms, they suggest the grandeur and the power of God. So we sing praise - yet, what if like Isaiah we get a glimpse:<br />
<i> When angels sing, the foundations of the Temple shake and the room is filled with smoke.</i><br />
He realizes his and our-unworthiness.<br />
<i> Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips…for my eyes have seen the King, </i><br />
<i> The Lord of Hosts! Holy is His Name. </i><br />
We, sinners as we are, are still unworthily; we still distrust the alien, the different one, and still aren’t ready to give our all for Love.<br />
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<b>Anamnesis and the Passover Sacrifice</b><br />
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<i>Lift up your hearts.</i><br />
<i>We lift them up to the Lord.</i><br />
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The purpose of this prayer is to be reminded at this part of the Mass to lift our hearts to God, to forget our worldly concerns, and focus. Focus is difficult for humans with business, home, family, monetary, and time constraints. Yet, we are asked to do that very thing, to forget who we are, what we have to do because “it is just and right.”<br />
As St Cyprian explained:<i> </i><br />
<i> When we stand praying, beloved brethren, we ought to be watchful and earnest with our whole</i><br />
<i>Heart, intent on our prayers. Let all carnal and worldly thoughts pass away, nor let the soul at that time think on anything but the object only of its prayer. For this reason also the priest by way of preface before his prayer, prepares the minds of the brethren by saying, “Lift up your hearts,” so the people’s response, “We lift them before our Lord,” he may be reminded that he himself ought to think of nothing but our Lord.</i><br />
St. Cyril of Jerusalem said much the same thing, but warning the Mass participants of the seriousness of this moment in the Mass:<i> </i><br />
<i> “Lift up your hearts:” For in this sublime moment the heart should be lifted up to God, and not be allowed to descent to the earth and to earthly concerns. With all possible emphasis the sacrificing priest exhorts us in this hour to lay aside all the cares of this life, all domestic worries, and direct our hearts to God in heaven who hath so loved men…Let there be none among you, who shall confess with his lips: We have lifted up our hearts, and allow his thoughts to remain with the cares of this life."</i><br />
What a difficult job to lift up our thoughts when, the cares of the world go out of their way to bring our thoughts to all we have to do, the problems we have yet to solve. If we can take these very tasks to do and problems to solve and lift them to the Lord, what a relief will come. He will take our burdens on himself as he took on our sins. And then, we should “give thanks to the Lord, our God.” <br />
In the Jewish tradition, giving thanks is the one thing we can give to God that he doesn’t already have. As Philo said:<br />
<i> We affirm that the activity most characteristic of God is to give His blessings. But that most </i><br />
<i>fitting to creation is to give thanks; because that is the best it can offer him in return. For when creation tries to make any other return to God it finds that its gift already belongs to the Creator of the universe, no to the creature offering it. Since we now realize that to give due worship to God only one duty is incumbent upon us, that of giving thanks, we must carry it out in all times and in all places.</i><br />
We have much to thank him for. Consider all you know and have, then consider what your life would be like if everything you had not thanked God for would be gone. What would you have left?<br />
In the Passover, the Jews keep a memorial of an historical event, one where God saved them from death of their first born, slavery, and led them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. Each year, Jews re-live the event. Their prayers are spoken as though they and not just their answers were saved by God, “When You led me out of slavery. When You led me out of Egypt. When You rescued me,” though it was generations ago.<br />
So in the Eucharist part of the Mass, we too re-live the last supper, knowing the bread and wine are really His body and blood “broken and poured out" on the cross for the Love of us. In the Catholic Catechism explains:<br />
In the Eucharist the sacrifice of Christ becomes also the sacrifice of the members of his Body. The lives of the faithful, their praise, sufferings, prayer, and work are united with hose of Christ and with his total offering, and so acquire new value. Christ’s sacrifice present on the altar makes it possible for all generations of Christians to be united with his offering.<br />
If for no other reason than the Eucharist, we should give Him thanks, for His great glory, and sing with the angels the Great Amen!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-54657515698452835312012-04-22T12:48:00.001-07:002012-04-23T14:56:55.566-07:00HillmanDear Friends,<br />
Hillman, Michigan is changing before my eyes. The downtown has a new bridge, new seating along the way, new trees. Now we have lovely lamp posts, and all electrical is underground. The entire town is wi-fi and definitely 21st century. We still have several empty store fronts, but I have a feeling that will change once the construction is completed. And so it has, just one place left for sale.<br />
Brush Creek Mill is one of my volunteer sites. It is a historical museum, hobby center, community center, and more. Its River's Edge gift shop contains quality arts and crafts from area artists, and by area we mean North-East Michigan. The Historical Society has its wide collection here. The most recent exhibit is photos of regional schools, and photos of various graduating classes. As many schools no longer exist, a map is also posted with schools marked. <br />
I work in the office, paying vendors, creating flyers and brochures, and managing the web site. The web site requires the most time, and I have the least time for it. I invite you all to visit us at brushcreekmill.com. to find out more.<br />
St. Augustine's Catholic Church takes up my other free time. Located on Veteran's Memorial Highway, I lector regularly, and president of the pastoral council, and soon to be president of our local altar society titled Council of Catholic Women. I have been reaching out to Catholics who have left the parish, for one reason or another, especially for the lack of Sunday Mass. Our last pastor was in charge of four parishes spread widely apart, so our Mass was on Saturday. Our current priest only has two parishes to tend to, and three churches to say Mass for. One of the churches loves a Saturday Mass, so our Mass is again on Sunday.<br />
Our little town has a new library, the old health clinic, and has doubled in size. We won't be losing our Post Office, even if it is closed on Saturdays. We are proud of what has been accomplished, and what is yet to be done. We are in Montmorency County, the poorest county in the State, but we have pride, and it is only about 19-15 minutes from our little house in the woods.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-64866884530299774592012-03-20T18:57:00.001-07:002012-03-20T18:57:09.319-07:00Snow Update etc.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPfuvSFp1PF5c06IVT7nzbNCOrnbdIwFEK-dqoh9emiUTSw1PS72GrLjbvUzEkEUDMr9hiw4NaQ-QB6md81NA_S4q5zfzPC_zXZjIPabjBHA15XQIL4HMBPDPrhtr_9mb0Z5-fq8M21PB/s1600/20110623_52.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPfuvSFp1PF5c06IVT7nzbNCOrnbdIwFEK-dqoh9emiUTSw1PS72GrLjbvUzEkEUDMr9hiw4NaQ-QB6md81NA_S4q5zfzPC_zXZjIPabjBHA15XQIL4HMBPDPrhtr_9mb0Z5-fq8M21PB/s320/20110623_52.JPG" width="212" /></a></div> When I left you last, we were without power. It came on Tuesday afternoon about 2:30, so we were four days fighting the elements. Sounds like we were out in the cold, when really we were quite warm, though I was tired for three days for lack of sleep. I'm sure you have seen snow photos before, but this is one I took, looking into the woods from the front porch.<br />
Of course, now its summer...well, the second day of Spring. We have had three days of 85 degree weather and relatively high humidity. All the bulbs are up, and my mother (yes, she's 90) and I have been raking and blowing leaves to get them off the plants. Even the lilac and honeysuckle bushes have leaved out, and the maples are in bloom. We have one more area to finish, then I can go along the edges and clean things up. We aren't supposed to get rain until Thursday or Friday, so our fire danger level is "high". With all the trees and dead branches brought down by the heavy snow, the debris in the woods is considerable. I've picked up branches large enough for the wood stove, and the lowest level of leaves is still wet, but I'll be better pleased when all the leaves are gone from the nearby beds and yard trees. We have many dead trees close to the house, but will need to wait for the "men" in our family to come take them down. <br />
With the crocus blooming, the tulips and daffodils up two inches or more, and all this warm weather, I feel ready for spring, or summer. Mom and I have been sitting on the back deck in the afternoon, as the front is full of sun. I went so far as to purchase a table and chairs today, and a small fountain to enjoy on the deck. We just know this can't last. But even next week will be in the 50s. I keep waiting for a unexpected snow storm. I hope it doesn't come, for the fruit trees are budded in Lelanau and it would spell disaster for the grapes, cherries, and apples. It will be a tough year anyway. Migrant workers are all in hiding, afraid of showing up and being deported. In the meantime, farmers fear their fruit will rot on the ground.<br />
Nothing is easy in life. We're lucky God is in charge, not us humans!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-26004787643370645662012-03-04T15:26:00.000-08:002012-03-04T15:26:01.216-08:00Snow Right now, Momma is melting snow on the wood stove. We've brought in split wood for now, and heavier round logs for overnight. It is supposed to get down to -3 tonight, but right now, the sun shines in patches of blue sky.<br />
We have the ice cream and milk, along side the coolers of meat, vegetables, and frozen blueberries, on the deck in the three feet of snow I haven't shoveled. I've done the rest, though I cold have done a better job around the woodpile.<br />
Walking to the feeders, the snow is over my knees (but remember I'm not quite 5 foot). I have to lift as I shovel the front porch, as the snow is even with the wide boards.<br />
We knew the storm - we was coming on Friday evening, but we had to see a doctor in Alpena and couldn't get away until 9:30 PM. We got as far as the Alpena airport and had to turn around. The snow was a wet one, and the road was inches deep in slush. We spent the night at a Days Inn, then headed for Hillman about 10:00 AM.<br />
We called friends, and Jerry had us plowed out, but Ess Lake Drive had seen no plow. I drove carefully to Hillman at about 45 or 50. When we reched Hillman, some of the town was without power. 624 was quite snowy, but even the hills were drivable. When we reached Ess Lake Drive, it still had seen no blade, but there were tracks in the deep snow, we believe Jerry had made them as we were able to make it to our drive way, and in.<br />
I guess power went out about 12:30 AM Saturday morning. It may be Monday or Tuesday before it is back on. The heavy snow took down power lines all over the northern part of the state. We should be fine -food in the snow - wood in the stove - snow water for flushing - bottle water for washing-God's grace.<br />
Pray for all those not so lucky. Jackie's mother is on oxygen constantly, so she and her mother are staying with friends. Those without wood stoves are filling the area motels-I guess this makes up for our warm winter.<br />
Pray for those fighting tornadoes - death and destruction. God has blessed us, and blesses us daily. May God continue to bless you too despite what nature sends!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-78994162657438825332012-02-29T15:51:00.002-08:002012-02-29T15:51:29.009-08:00Kyrie It's Lent, and as happens every year, but most particularly this year, I am learning things I hadn't conceived of needing to be learned. I've been reading <u>A Biblical Walk Through The Mass,</u> Understanding What We Say and Do in the Liturgy, by Edward Sri.. As an example, this quote on making the sign of the cross: <br />
"Let the cross, as our seal, be boldly made with our fingers upon our brow and on all occasios; over the bread we eat, over the cups we dring; in our comings and in our goings; before sleep; on lying down and rising up; when we are on our way, and when we are still. It is a powerful safeguard...for it is a grace from God, a badge of the faithful, and a terror to the devils...For when they see the Cross, they are reminded of the Crucified; they fea him who has 'smashed the heads of the dragons'." St. Cyril of Jerusalem.<br />
"A safeguard"? "Terror to the devils"? I thought it was just something we did honoring the Trinity. I won't make the sign of the cross so flipently again! As if that weren't enough, "In Scripture, a name is not merely a conventional way of refering to a particular person. A name mysteriously represents the essence of a person and carries the power of that person. Therefore, to call upon God's name is invoke his presence and his power."<br />
Another example is "Lord have mercy." I've already learned that to call upon "The Lord," is to invoke his presence and power. But I didn''t understand his "mercy," or his forgiveness. Then, after reading about the prodigal son, Mr. Sri tells us, it isn't a welcoming of the child back home, but a welcome of the <u>changed</u> child; a child whose heart has change, who has sorrow for his sins, and a noble desire to get his life back on track. Mercy is not to be seen as a higher power like a monarch randomly pardoning criminals in his kingdom. It is about God's <em>Love</em> for us, even in the face of our sins.<br />
As Thomas Howard said in <em>If Your Mind Wanders at Mass, </em><br />
"In the <em>Kyrie...</em>we may hear the fathomless cry of the whole race of man ascending to heaven from the depths. <em>Kyrie!</em> Goes up from all windows, and all dispossessed and brutalized children, and from all the maimed, and the prisoners and exiles, and from every sickbed, and indeed from all wounded beasts, and we could believe from all rivers and seas stained with man's filth and landscapes scarred by his plunder. In the liturgy, somehow, we sttand before th Lord <em>on behalf of</em> his whole groaning creation."<br />
I wonder, what more do I have to learn? I am humbled by my lack of forethought. I am humbled daily by my inability to become the person I believe God would have me be. I am humbled by that thought, for <u>I</u> can't. I can only grow as I ask for His help. Thanks be to God!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-77753673415721858202012-02-13T13:25:00.000-08:002012-02-13T13:25:54.508-08:00Philosophy, Humility and the Holocaust 2Another good read is <br />
Christopher B. Kebs, <u>A Most Dangerous Book.</u> The author follows the path of Tacitus' <u>Germania</u> from origin to foundational importance in the Third Reich.<br />
A few quotes:<br />
<ul><li>"It is the greatest honor, the greatest power to be at all times surrounded by a huge band of chosen young men" motto for a 1935 Hitler Youth manual, taken from<em> Germania. (p.29) </em></li>
<li><em>"</em>The tribes in <em>Germanien, </em>not tainted by intermarriage with any other nations, exist as a distinct unadulterated people that resembles only itself. Consequently, all of them even share the same physical appearance...fierce blue eyes, tawny hair, huge bodies."</li>
</ul>So much evil has come from these two quotes from Tacitus. The glory of numbers, Hitler Youth, the Nuremberg Rallies. All these young men bonding together, honor bound to support their nation, Germany. And yet, when Tacitus wrote, Germany did not exist as a nation, but only as scattered barbarian tribes, wearing little but skins, but fierce in battle.<br />
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The second quote, formed the seed of opinion about "the other." Not only Jews, but Poles and Slavs were the other. Only the Aryan look was Germanic in the end. Only the way of the soldier, or mother, or productive worker was necessary to the nation. So the invalid, the insane, the crippled in body or mind, the homosexual, all religions were dangerous to the Reich. These "others" were responsible for the first world war defeat. To rule the world, as was their right, these others needed to be destroyed. And so they were.<br />
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The word Holocaust is often misused today. It has as a first meaning, "destruction by fire." And the evidence of the destruction of the other was destroyed by fire. Genocide is the word that should be used in the many cases today of one group's effort at eliminating "the other" from their homeland. And there are so many genocides in process today. I'm especially thinking of Africa now, and another book I've finished, <u>Little Bee</u>, by Chris Cleave. <br />
Little Bee is the name a young Nigerian girl gives herself when she is able to escape to England. But, she is an illegal immigrant, and it doesn't matter that she will die if returned to her home country. So much bloodshed fills this world, though it is more difficult to hide what life could be with different rulers and freedom. To change a system is difficult, and not without more bloodshed, and perhaps, not without outside help. We couldn't have won our own revolution without the arrival of French Ships. We were lucky, our people were educated, we had leaders who could see the way the future lay, in countries without a strong religious base or an educated populace, the way to the future is less clear.<br />
I blame some of this on Empire Building. Like a Rajah, or a King, or another strong ruler, we empire builders kept all but a few of the people uneducated, untrained, and unschooled in government. So to set a people free can doom them to the current lives of tribal and ethnic warfare. Often I think good decisions are made for the wrong reasons, and chaos follows.<br />
I promise to move on from these thoughts that fill my mind and my reading. Thanks for listening.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-58566915994266662862012-02-07T09:52:00.000-08:002013-05-23T16:36:29.143-07:00Holocaust and Good Books<br />
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The Holocaust weighs heavily on my soul. However, I have found that there were people in every country, including Germany, who saw beyond the propaganda. While some of these people were killed or sent to camps, others provided great service to the wold, saving those condemned.<br />
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Some Survivor Stories to add to your reading list:<br />
Flory A. Van Beek, <u>flory</u>. Her experiences in Denmark under German Occupation.<br />
Jenna Blum, <u>Those Who Save Us.</u> A mother who gives all, even life with a Nazi, to save her daughter.<br />
Thomas Buergenthal, <u>A Lucky Child.</u> Sometimes even in Auschwitz, a German soldier will allow a child to enter the camp instead of the "showers."<br />
Tatiana De Rosnay, <u>Sarah's Key</u>. A novel. Sarah lives in France. She locks her brother in a cupboard so that he may be saved, but she is taken and no one knows he is there.<br />
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I have done considerable research for my novel, <u>OTTO</u>, Otto, and others, are Bavarian farm lads when Germany enters WWI. Through their experiences together in the trenches they become friends. They go their different ways when Germany loses the war. Otto and his lieutenant end up as brown shirts and latter SS. Otto becomes a member of the Einsatzgruppen which destroys those dangerous to Germany. Otto's group is responsible for "cleansing" Lithuania.<br />
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I have been able to find two diaries which clearly describe, day by day, the events as they happened. If you'd like to read them:<br />
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Kazimierz Sakowic,<u> Ponary Diary 1941-1945.</u><br />
William W. Mishell, <u>Kaddish for Kovno.</u> Life and Death in a Lithuanian Ghetto 1941-1945.<br />
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I've read several other good books this year, some heavy, others not so...<br />
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Sara Gruen, <u>Water for Elephants</u><br />
John Hart, <u>The Last Child</u><br />
Kate Morton, <u>The Distant Hours</u><br />
Kate Morton,<u> The Forgotten Garden</u><br />
Dan Simmons, <u>Black Hills.</u><br />
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Talk to you soon. KathyKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-14721389916297984802012-01-27T20:21:00.000-08:002012-01-27T20:33:41.781-08:00Starting Over<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprKZXwuazniziLspDvzl_BCLVORgWq9KpgQPZ01i_TP4byR6EpA-p4C8cViqz7blM7oxVpc9vLrIAF8TlEDXse9aLGEuSyXP0Fmh5cn-cEzsdXppFiPvzDW_5c7KoVhzRaNqKjWwSFlIV/s1600/20111118_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprKZXwuazniziLspDvzl_BCLVORgWq9KpgQPZ01i_TP4byR6EpA-p4C8cViqz7blM7oxVpc9vLrIAF8TlEDXse9aLGEuSyXP0Fmh5cn-cEzsdXppFiPvzDW_5c7KoVhzRaNqKjWwSFlIV/s320/20111118_1.jpg" width="212px" /></a>Sorry I've been away for so long. Since I've moved to Michigan I have had trouble getting on line. We are so far in the woods that we get no cable nor can we connect to any satellite. I have instead found a way through Verizon to make an antenna work. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Update on <u>Tucks</u> <u>and Me</u> (my historical novel on Crispus Attucks): After much revision, I have sent simultaneous submissions to seven agents. I have been working on the next set of submissions and a couple of contests for March.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have been taking photographs for several years now, and finally decided to do something with them, so I went to my first craft fair in November. I was more successful than I imagined I would be. I even sold five copies of my poetry collection, <u>Dusting By Stars</u>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I've formed a business called "Chickadee Hill, Inc." I hope to get my book in bookstores in Northern Michigan, and attend more craft fairs. I am offering to do poetry readings and hold poetry workshops.<br />
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I know these are retirement days. I also know I am living and taking care of my mother, but she is doing remarkably well since I've moved north. I've sold my place in Dubuque, Iowa to a foster daughter. I seem to have the energy, and my mother's encouragement, so here I go!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I hope to keep up with my blog, and post new entries each week. The photo on this blog is the background to my poetry collection, and an example of my photogrpahy. <br />
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I hope to hear from all of you. I don't intend to do any other social media, so this is where we can have conversations. Love and Blessings to you all!</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-31002687764198927292010-09-08T11:45:00.000-07:002010-09-08T11:45:28.981-07:00A New School YearIts time for a new school year again. And though I have been retired for three years, I still get the back to school dreams. The one last night was about a copy machine that ate my carefully created list for student portfolios. Ah well... For those of you who are still teaching, I read this in my breviary on August 25th, the Feast Day of Saints Bartholomew and Joseph Calasanz. The reading below was written by St. Calasanz:<br />
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"All who undertake to teach must be endowed with deep love, the greatest patience, and, most of all, profound humility. They must perform their work with earnest zeal. Then, through their humble prayers, the Lord will find them worthy to become fellow workers with him in the cause of truth. He will console them in the fulfillment of this most noble duty, and, finally, will enrich them with the gift of heaven.<br />
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"As Scripture says: <em>Those who instruct many injustice will shine as stars for all eternity.</em> They will attain this more easily if they make a covenant of perpetual obedience and strive to cling to Christ and please him alone, because, in his words: <em>What you did to one of the least of my brethren, you did to me."</em><br />
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<em><strong>May Blessed St. Joseph Calasanz and all the Saints bless you and give you strength as you journey again to help the young reach their fullest potential!!</strong></em>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-71683187157458504062010-06-14T17:41:00.000-07:002010-06-15T15:45:16.190-07:00Central Alternative High School<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3vNaMPbmaSab09OeO0ceE8OE0xxofhLNdeGK41IJ4zsXHdS34TVJn9QeSnfZ1B4_KhVMuujIgXXi2bdrCK6LzOZFUNeM8B-IIA3X1pRniNgRtH0Mfy9wR_MH5OxebijpBdmkBGGPvprV/s1600/schoolshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3vNaMPbmaSab09OeO0ceE8OE0xxofhLNdeGK41IJ4zsXHdS34TVJn9QeSnfZ1B4_KhVMuujIgXXi2bdrCK6LzOZFUNeM8B-IIA3X1pRniNgRtH0Mfy9wR_MH5OxebijpBdmkBGGPvprV/s400/schoolshot.jpg" width="400" /></a><strong>Central Alternative High School</strong> was my home school as a teacher for over 18 years. I did some of my best and most creative teaching there. Now the building, and all the gardens we created are up for sale, the students and staff moved to the Forum (The Central Administration Building for the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Dubuque</span> Community School District). A week ago Central held an open house, and many past staff and students arrived for hugs, to brag of their accomplishments to their favorite teachers, and to say good bye.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r_6t1R938wRdMgaeiKx-mJov7GLtLDi5Wd786GOHzxUnjkc2Dnuc1k1zrv1sab1tFd_jnig1WJ1grhyphenhyphene44sNrT9dh451xcTg4HR7JWxnnE_7yvlqwddK2Ceda6I9LhMNHRzfFKgodHSA/s1600/river-journal-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r_6t1R938wRdMgaeiKx-mJov7GLtLDi5Wd786GOHzxUnjkc2Dnuc1k1zrv1sab1tFd_jnig1WJ1grhyphenhyphene44sNrT9dh451xcTg4HR7JWxnnE_7yvlqwddK2Ceda6I9LhMNHRzfFKgodHSA/s320/river-journal-6.jpg" width="320" /></a> I loved the teaching of writing. I believe that writing has a way of healing the mind and soul, and many of our students were in need of healing. Let me start from the beginning. The students who attended Central were called "at risk." Many of them had personal problems, others had medical problems, and not a few had mental or socialization problems. These students were often "school phobic" or over-whelmed by the size of the other high school in town. Our goal at Central was to "instill responsibility for learning by offering quality alternatives which promote social, emotional, and academic development." </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9yxuUFhOHXBgFC9kw41ZsGdqDdKf8_wGmlOTe40xWFUCSf2hhscUV9qE1r7jfGbeMopE_4EpFhVq2G845rYETd3TmjJqbeg-CY3gL03lg7G7Bj9vlvZJNBmCU17_wtxeZhNejmM5xehC/s1600/work-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9yxuUFhOHXBgFC9kw41ZsGdqDdKf8_wGmlOTe40xWFUCSf2hhscUV9qE1r7jfGbeMopE_4EpFhVq2G845rYETd3TmjJqbeg-CY3gL03lg7G7Bj9vlvZJNBmCU17_wtxeZhNejmM5xehC/s320/work-15.jpg" /></a> Writing is a way to learn, a way to express what you know, a way to ask questions. So, each of my students was given a journal. As I explained to students, a journal is not a diary. A journal is a place to capture experiences, and for students who have few productive experiences, it was necessary to provide them. We would often walk to the river, only a couple of blocks away. Or we would car pool to the local arboretum. Sometimes we would walk the several blocks to the nearest park. But often, we would just find a place to be in our own student created gardens.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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To create a focus for all this writing, one of the experiences was to create the Central Gardens. We worked with the art teacher to consider what art was needed, and a pathway was created. We worked with the special education students and a gazebo was built. We worked with the technology teacher and developed web pages for each of the flower beds. We worked with the science teacher to understand plants, soil, and weather. We worked with a mathematics teacher to decide which plants to plant where using the inclination of the sun.<br />
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The gardens will belong to someone else now, and there is no room at the new location for perennial gardens. The hope is that the new location will somehow be able to give the students love and security, a sense of family and home, and quality alternatives leading to social, emotional, and academic growth.<br />
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To check out <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Central's</span> web site go to:<br />
<a href="http://www.central.dubuque.k12.ia.us/">http://www.central.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">dubuque</span>.k12.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">ia</span>.us/</a>.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Below, left to right: Student built stairwell to Outdoor Classroom, Student sculpture and student built gazebo, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">ste</span><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">pping</span> stones for garden path.</em><br />
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<em>Right, student designed cement chess table.</em><br />
<em>Left cement forms to support chess table.</em></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-85818000781974886432010-06-14T08:18:00.000-07:002012-01-27T20:06:01.116-08:00Dusting By Stars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAS0E_asI_fgoixl-sBlyIl52NHHzX_VAhhCjUh74H7qi47qxTvVw2Ue-U_a0cr9ZGvVxuSIi8_MrUKN3t2MvrGUcSUFjRj4ussSgXV7QzdkI1EiFAWmlsexa5GKUwCj3nZNjt0hDLBSZ/s1600/77326-STEV-thumbnail.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAS0E_asI_fgoixl-sBlyIl52NHHzX_VAhhCjUh74H7qi47qxTvVw2Ue-U_a0cr9ZGvVxuSIi8_MrUKN3t2MvrGUcSUFjRj4ussSgXV7QzdkI1EiFAWmlsexa5GKUwCj3nZNjt0hDLBSZ/s200/77326-STEV-thumbnail.gif" width="130px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I recently published a collection of poetry. I designed the cover, but Xlibris designed the rest of the book. I am very pleased with the results. If you would like to read a selection of the poetry, please go to <a href="http://xlibris.com/bookstore">Xlibris.com/bookstore</a> and type in Dusting By Stars in the Search box, and follow the directions. My book is available at barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com, also in Michigan at Brush Creek Mill in Hillman, or at the bookstore in Gaylord. I also have it at craft fairs. Anyone interested in my doing a poetry reading, or my presenting a poetry workshop can contact me by e-mail at: <a href="mailto:kathyvstevens@aol.com">kathyvstevens@aol.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-56850867740248108772010-06-14T07:55:00.000-07:002010-06-14T07:55:59.844-07:00graduation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZLAFrHhAh-97ofXUyCOJz9aaG8tQpMN9mHn70jVLQzYbRdMJ7QBEdLu_S2QiKKv-mxQN_SoQn08f_psNbSSWtlBO8ay4crfii0wbKQWF-FGpP7ylUoXkLuDnnOVlFFRihZf00dQTyn7F/s1600/008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZLAFrHhAh-97ofXUyCOJz9aaG8tQpMN9mHn70jVLQzYbRdMJ7QBEdLu_S2QiKKv-mxQN_SoQn08f_psNbSSWtlBO8ay4crfii0wbKQWF-FGpP7ylUoXkLuDnnOVlFFRihZf00dQTyn7F/s320/008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
It is difficult to think of the graduation from high school of my oldest grandchild. What lies ahead? College, Career, Marriage, and all the troubles and joys she will experience. What kind of choices will she make? What hard lessons will she have to learn?<br />
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As her grandmother I want to save her from all the evils of this world, but know that if I could do so, she would remain a dependent child, not that responsible, independent adult I see her becoming.<br />
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Graduation is another death, another birth. She isn't the child sitting on my lap anymore, but she gives better, more meaningful hugs now. Hugs filled with the love she feels for me. She is the Honor student, but looks up to me, though I don't really know why. Maybe its the grandmother mystique. I certainly felt my grandmothers were both special, magical people. We lived with my father's parents until I was in high school. My grandmother told wonderful stories. My grandfather could do no wrong and I worshiped him.<br />
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My granddaughter has only me. Both grandfathers are deceased. The other grandmother is in a nursing home and doesn't always recognize family when they come to visit. So I become the one. I used to know my role in her life, but now I have to redefine myself as my darling girl will need to redefine herself, as we all are constantly redefining who we are. As she will grow and change, we all must continue to grow and change. As grandchildren look up to us, learn from us, so we are role models for all who meet us. It is a position we fill, whether we choose to or not. It is a burden, a responsibility we all carry, knowing others look to us for answers. <br />
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I wish you all well. I wish a wonderful future for my granddaughter. I wish us all love.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-49349851513686423492010-06-05T08:27:00.000-07:002010-06-05T08:30:38.564-07:00A Michigan May<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-3KhhkEr65L8fZ7aWeUIIikYU4fKV7WHBI3VM51PPVJCmdWtyJyky1fQgDicHoMRnOTr2Sn9g0SeCo1AmTg1oCaYkWJdU5RiVPcW5azWCMW12fEoJL21iALMdKAD8MPmjZ6liKtaxerM/s1600/scan0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-3KhhkEr65L8fZ7aWeUIIikYU4fKV7WHBI3VM51PPVJCmdWtyJyky1fQgDicHoMRnOTr2Sn9g0SeCo1AmTg1oCaYkWJdU5RiVPcW5azWCMW12fEoJL21iALMdKAD8MPmjZ6liKtaxerM/s320/scan0001.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Mother's Day Weekend:</span><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Friday - 80 Degrees, Sun.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Saturday - Hard Frost, Heavy Wet Snow, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Over Night 29 Degrees.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sunday - Sun, 75 Degrees.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We were warned about the cold. But none of us really believed it could be true. It had been the warmest Spring my mother could remember. She kept tellng me it was too early to plant, but I kept purchasing all the color and beauty I could.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlKRmEe4aueM8l_M2v4t8ZVhQA2HCTxPrPuKl-iVy4nhRxKdoGi1mab2-LiaYKFl1G_egASBzf2A5mOrssbnGXH3gS2iDASKQk4dB5wIkDRPXdhc1eExgFsKAl3Wscr_EzhSo3dU5dyWi/s1600/scan0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlKRmEe4aueM8l_M2v4t8ZVhQA2HCTxPrPuKl-iVy4nhRxKdoGi1mab2-LiaYKFl1G_egASBzf2A5mOrssbnGXH3gS2iDASKQk4dB5wIkDRPXdhc1eExgFsKAl3Wscr_EzhSo3dU5dyWi/s320/scan0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We kept the tender plants in the garage, raised the garage doors to let in the sun by day, and closed at night against the evening chills. I planted the shrubs, and the new White Cedar Trees, the Dutch Iris bulbs. And then this: a snow so heavy bushes hugged the ground. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jSS9wkE2Qbgp_kdg5kxSUFWGMrbQKSkkCMgCJ8mUsTSkmMINZiDXym9KMfcpYXleBsOzzqXFUn2gUt8Y02RGf4jI4-KO3sWmmZ7qJXfZA71xwb0rwT_X4FXlDLVW6mzdM3l-nbJSJh7Q/s1600/scan0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jSS9wkE2Qbgp_kdg5kxSUFWGMrbQKSkkCMgCJ8mUsTSkmMINZiDXym9KMfcpYXleBsOzzqXFUn2gUt8Y02RGf4jI4-KO3sWmmZ7qJXfZA71xwb0rwT_X4FXlDLVW6mzdM3l-nbJSJh7Q/s320/scan0004.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We lost no tender plants. The Iris bulbs have yet to come up, and its June. The Cedar Trees had been doing well, but were frost burned. Only one of the ten Vibernum was killed. A person couldn't tell we had such a May Snow, looking at the flowers in bloom, or the shrubs back to their normal upright stance. But I learned a valuable lesson about A Michigan May. <em>Don't plant until after June 1st. </em>(Though I have to admit, I put everything in by about the 20th of May.)</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-7883140754620361612010-05-09T17:15:00.000-07:002010-05-09T17:15:26.815-07:00Mother's Day<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OpKaaeb0mum-2xh8dKz-i_SwaUcC51l8MkHoiBPrzKuGMyl7SBScyoLM7qQPc9BRWf2KUAPeSEMNZu-ryuhPTaYppY4oviq05oBOmBx-E7pZKfJRAYxyHBiJmudhGRVU5n2IRMjA3dIo/s1600/scan0096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OpKaaeb0mum-2xh8dKz-i_SwaUcC51l8MkHoiBPrzKuGMyl7SBScyoLM7qQPc9BRWf2KUAPeSEMNZu-ryuhPTaYppY4oviq05oBOmBx-E7pZKfJRAYxyHBiJmudhGRVU5n2IRMjA3dIo/s200/scan0096.jpg" tt="true" width="150" /></a>My mother is special. I know what you're thinking, all mothers are special, how is yours so much better? I guess I should have said, my mother is special, wonderful, and saintlike. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In the mornings, after breakfast and the news, we read our morning office together. I have seldom seen her angry. She exudes love, and forgiveness. She is patient, loving, humble. She is a great cook, not fancy or gourmand, but every thing she makes tastes comforting, filled with the joy of family.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5vxpdwS16BkwVImOgtxtw-Tc7NmztBzmuRXGWv5yhqsg3HW5fQ7M0HtnNwSSE2LzhLhnCWBM2v2F01oNTr59ywN388q_f1Y19ZePR76991pf5WLuVbUkS5rcyl4sBG6DWaieN8gCeafB/s1600/scan0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5vxpdwS16BkwVImOgtxtw-Tc7NmztBzmuRXGWv5yhqsg3HW5fQ7M0HtnNwSSE2LzhLhnCWBM2v2F01oNTr59ywN388q_f1Y19ZePR76991pf5WLuVbUkS5rcyl4sBG6DWaieN8gCeafB/s320/scan0004.jpg" tt="true" width="320" /></a>What else? She is 88, looks twenty years younger, and is game to try anything. In the last five years she has been on an all terrain vehicle, played baseball, worked in the garden, scrubbed down walls, climbed ladders, and complained of tiredness never. She will sit down to rest, but if its a holiday, or a picnic, she makes 90% of the food, and will accept no help.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So why am I here? While she organizes the wash, I lift the baskets and unload the dryer. When she climbs the ladder, I hold it. I spread the mulch, and do the planting, much to her regret. She can hardly watch me as she regrets not doing it all herself. She will drive to church, but I drive 90% of the time. She is 88 but worries about my doing so much, though I am 20 years younger. She is my mom, and she is very special!</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-16932702612713681402010-05-02T17:03:00.000-07:002010-05-09T17:19:01.628-07:00Missing You<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3DFpd-rLreKFEmxbFWx3w5XL9GVOfJtyTpsA7g7GayqxCUjIR1HoLbCA8H2s8kNdYM7dDkQeeNt8-b53Lj3Nv86f0OlZ2qKIOh5w1aUBan9tNYbQphpedKJ9B2SxQhao90uc2VfsfNof/s1600/scan0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3DFpd-rLreKFEmxbFWx3w5XL9GVOfJtyTpsA7g7GayqxCUjIR1HoLbCA8H2s8kNdYM7dDkQeeNt8-b53Lj3Nv86f0OlZ2qKIOh5w1aUBan9tNYbQphpedKJ9B2SxQhao90uc2VfsfNof/s320/scan0010.jpg" tt="true" width="216" /></a>I am missing my brother today. He was the middle child, I the oldest, Bud the youngest. He loved the outdoors, camping, fishing, hunting. He loved the woods, and its presence, as much as the creatures in "Avatar." </div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I saw the film for the first time today. I'm not sure how I feel about it. The hype was so overwhelming, I expected something more than a "war" movie. Are marines only the good guys as long as the serve the military, and aren't corporate militia? Do real scientists need to die when they become personally involved in the objects they study? Are the only ways to survive in a future without green - greed, and the search for more, or to become something else, like a tall blue humanoid? The joy of riding dragon, or broom, or winged creatures is apealing, but it all seems to deny the simplicity that is ours if we choose it.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Like my brother chose. He could have climbed the corporate ladder. He could have told the lies/half truths, or made the promises to sell the equipment, but he didn't. It wasn't in him. He told the truth about the product, and then, when the companies chose someone else, they hired him to correct the faults of the other product, and wished they had listened to him.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>I wonder if being the middle child created the wholeness he embodied? He was kind, loving, patient. All the virtues I wish I could demonstrate. He was seldom angry, and usually only angry when those he loved were threatened. He taught humility by his very being. And I loved him. I miss him today.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-85591297605920765362010-04-30T17:00:00.000-07:002010-05-02T16:40:55.379-07:00The Past is Prologue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoou2lBsrUp8_128F8nIosnutbrjyziFYat020G-kJSltlBAcv_WIxrJEhCOz7k-GFlVw-lquj44Cd-a9RvsK9-DJkhKak00GEwoHXPoGk-ek9uOSoxN_EAPUJ5HkMJ7JHnnB3OOdynpuI/s1600/scan0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoou2lBsrUp8_128F8nIosnutbrjyziFYat020G-kJSltlBAcv_WIxrJEhCOz7k-GFlVw-lquj44Cd-a9RvsK9-DJkhKak00GEwoHXPoGk-ek9uOSoxN_EAPUJ5HkMJ7JHnnB3OOdynpuI/s320/scan0003.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div>Since I wrote last, I have moved to Michigan to live with my mother. She is 88 years old, and while in pretty good health, needs someone to around on a permanent basis. As I am retired and a widow, I am the perfect child to come home.<br />
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I love our time together. We have always been good company for each other, except for those teen years and early widowhood when I railed against the unjustness of life. Life is not just, not for me, not for anyone, but it isn't supposed to be. We serve, we carry our crosses. Hemingway said it best, and I paraphrase, we can't do anything about the cards we are dealt, we can only play the hand well. I would go so far to say, we are who we are by the way we play our hands.<br />
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I love living in the woods. This morining it is almost 42 degrees, the sun is shining on the leaves beneath the trees, and this afternoon I will set out the tuilips and caladiums I have started in pots, so they can catch some sun. They will need to come in at night until almost June. I also hope to put the arbor together-I don't know why everything must come in pieces requiring mechanical skills for assembly. I have the skills, but dread the piece work. Yet the result will be worthwhile as it frames a "garden room" which will be a field of wildflowers.<br />
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Gardening in the woods of north eastern Michigan is new for me. The soil is sand, and any ammendments call forth the roots of trees yards away. The sandy soil drains well, and the leaf mold incorporated by nature makes it rich for planting, but the lack of sun, and the presence of evergreens creates a semi acidic soil which inhibits the growth of some plants. It is the lack of sun that my mother misses most, for she loves roses. We have planted a few roses, despite the lack of hours of sun, and they try their best to grow. We always get a few blooms, but not the riches of my Iowa yard.<br />
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I've had some luck with growing smaller versions of the hydrangea seen above. Momma loves the large flowered ones, so I have some ordered as a surprize. The dafodils are blooming now as are the hyacinths. I feared the squirrels would dig them up, but so far only loveliness and sweet scents.<br />
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Gardening in the woods calls for balance. The easy choice is to remove trees and have a yard of sun, but then we wouldn't be in the woods. The other temptation is to create lots of beds and a variety of plants, but then the ambience of forest would be tempered/destroyed. The balance is to work with nature, not try to control nature. Like life, we balance age and respect with self and need. When we were children our parents cared for us. We developed love and respect for them that comes full circle when they need our care for them. It seems a right balance.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539922967426735276.post-34622409249652612002010-03-25T17:38:00.000-07:002010-05-01T08:53:46.423-07:00Imagination and Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7jxYTDPJbUHw1Yh2uKsdgOv0-cWBtwHc1MVjX1etjwq1ILbEr0noLauovrxZ8ibQ1azm5_VzGUp81wcEXcrLlNeUxkgPyk9fdTFpmRdlaU6vu2KUwqp8jOV4iBSm6__2Gyyem5ZzAomm/s1600/scan0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7jxYTDPJbUHw1Yh2uKsdgOv0-cWBtwHc1MVjX1etjwq1ILbEr0noLauovrxZ8ibQ1azm5_VzGUp81wcEXcrLlNeUxkgPyk9fdTFpmRdlaU6vu2KUwqp8jOV4iBSm6__2Gyyem5ZzAomm/s320/scan0002.jpg" tt="true" width="320" /></a></div>Have you read <strong><em>The First Gift of Christmas</em></strong>? It centers on the love a parent has for a child, and the love of friendship. So often we search for the perfect gift for our friends, when it is already in our hearts, our love for them.<br />
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Like all years this has been one of joy and saddness. I remember all those who have gone before me to that happier place of rest. And while at times I long for their peace, I also feel strongly called to service here. And in so many ways, those who have gone before me, like Elisha Darlin, Ruth and Russ Nash, and Steve Broderick, are still here in the love they shared. I am a better person because they lived, and need to earn my way to their peace. Ruth and Steve made decisions I would not make because they lacked the imagination for life. They couldn’t see that even suffering brings love into the world. They couldn’t see that what we wished was not their pain, but the ability to serve them in ways they served us.<br />
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I look at others who have chosen the “better” way, and the gifts they give the world. Joan, who serves lunches and love to students and staff, wearing her chemo hat proudly, fighting for life as she gives us love.<br />
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And Merry’s husband, Dave, who gives all of us much more than he can imagine, as he accepts the debilitation of Lyme Disease, sharing The Lord with all those he meets. The gifts he gives my daughter and grandchildren, Zachary and Anna, are priceless, as is his presence when I go to visit. His hugs remind me that life is all about love. Merry continues to write, and the depth of her work grows, as she grows in love. Check out her web site at Hope is My Anchor.<br />
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It is love that knits together my son, John, and his family. Karen has left work to spend time with my grandson Jack who is progressing well in his fight with autism. His sisters Ellie and Audrey are precious gifts in their own right, growing in beauty and love year by year. I treasure my short visits with them twice a year, and marvel at the energy and joy that fills their home. <br />
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I’ve had a great year. Recognized as District Teacher of the Year, and in the final five for Iowa Teacher of the Year. But more importantly, I am beginning to write again. After a period of drought and busy work, words are starting to flow.<br />
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Love is the center of my life as I commit to the AIC (Association of Iowa Cistercians). In a short ceremony at Vespers I will agree to live my life in love, as part of this school of love. I will struggle and fall, get angry at students, at politics (no, I’m not going to go there), at war, at poverty, at alcohol and drug abuse, at all the crimes of society, but I will pick my self up again, and remember the One who loved us, and try again to live as He did.<br />
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For some, there is danger in the world of imagination. For me, it is like the Book of Wisdom. We have to imagine for it to be possible, to have faith. We know reality, and it fails us, so the Truth must be elsewhere. We have to imagine where it could be, and imagine our way to faith by belief. So if I say I believe in Santa Claus, or leprechauns, or fairies, or Hogwarts, it is a way of saying there are dragons, there is truth beyond this world in which we live. There is beauty in flowers, magic in dragonflies. <br />
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Love can be found all around us in the most unlikely of spots, in pain, in suffering, in war, in peace, in poverty, and in riches, in cancer, or autism, or lyme disease. Imagination lets us see beyond the actual into the heart. And in the heart is found love.<br />
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The First Love, created a woman willing to bear a fatherless child and suffer all that meant in the ancient Hebrew world; created a man, willing to marry such a woman, and raise such a child; created angels, and wise men, and shepherds, and us who believe in an event that happened over two thousand years ago. Believers who don’t care if it was in a cave or stable, winter or summer, but only that the Baby came to us.<br />
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At Christmas, we focus on the gentleness of that gift of love, but in our heart of hearts we know the price that gift would pay through His outpouring of love and blood and suffering. So if in our world, there is pain and suffering, there is also love. And it is the love we must remember.<br />
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Love was the first gift. Love is the only gift worth receiving. All the trinkets we share are only a poor attempt to tell others that we love them.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752836528992408050noreply@blogger.com0