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Happy, happy birthday VMMM and Tenn. I have always loved the beautiful comment that Beatrice makes about her own birth day. In the scene, Beatrice does a lot of joking around and finds herself apologizing instead of taking things more seriously. Don Pedro then tells Beatrice that he enjoys her mirthful ways and is sure that Beatrice was born during a "merry hour." Beatrice replies, "No so my lord, my mother cried. But then there was a star danced and under that was I born." So happy birthday to two ladies who, I am sure, were also born under dancing stars.
And to all of you who are grandmas again or great aunts three times over---there have been a lot of babies here are words from William Wordsworth, these beautiful lines from William Wordsworth.
"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
The Soul that rises with us our life's Star
Hath had elsewhere its setting
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy."
LUV, all the cakes for babies, for birthdays, for special occasions are beautiful.
Working on the Beloved Community Potluck Dinners has been an incredibly enriching experience. Ultimately I will have to get a refurbished Mac laptop. But to my utter astonishment, one of African American men who began working on these dinners in May, called me to tell me that he builds computers and that he has one he wants for me to use as I continue to gather the money for a refurbished Mac laptop. So, if all goes as he plans, by Monday I will once again have access to all the letters of the alphabet, to all numbers and to all punctuation marks. In the meantime, I have now learned how to do group text messages. Not only do I have my two sons on my case about becoming technolically savy, I now also have the young men from the Black Male Initiative at NIU on my case.
Our next dinner, #7 is this coming Sunday evening. And then we have a special Beloved Community picnic on August 30. The numbers have not dropped and in June, what we thought we be a down month, we increased. Then at our July dinner, one of the couples who has come to every dinner challenged everyone present to invite at least one person to the next dinner. He and his wife have already texted that they will be attending and that yes, they are bring two people who have not come before. I half the folks who attended the July dinner take the challenge, we will have around 150 people. The conversations around the table have become very important to people, especially as more and more unarmed young people, white and black and native American, get killed.
Have a wonderful weekend, all of you. And CEK, I hope you and your loved ones have a glorious times at DW.
Hugs to you all.
Thank you, KOS! And Happy Anniversary tomorrow! You are such a bright light in the world!
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Happy birthday to our Tenn and Vmm! Hope it was a great day for both of you.
Its's heartwarming, KOS that you are surrounded by such nice people who help you out with the computer problems.
Finally, a very warm welcome to our newest member, TrishaMass 
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Thanks, Gabriele!
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Good Morning, friends.
"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
The Soul that rises with us our life's Star
Hath had elsewhere its setting
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy."
This really is so beautiful, KOS. And I was not familiar with this quote....but it reminds me of my darling little granddaughter - the oldest - when she was very small. Maybe 5.
She got to sit in an armchair and carefully hold her new little cousin.
"Mmmmmm. She still smells like heaven!"
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Welcome Trish. Happy to have you. Please join in.
Undoubtedly, Luv will whip up a lovely cake for you. Please join in on the fun, or we will eat it ourselves!
Have a GREAT SATURDAY, sisters.
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Friendship is a priceless gift that can't be bought or sold, its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.
May this FriendSHIP always have wind in its sails and a sunrise on the horizon.
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Gabriele made note of our new registered member.
Welcome Trish. Happy to have you. Please join in.
Undoubtedly, Luv will whip up a lovely cake for you. Please join in on the fun, or we will eat it ourselves!
Have a GREAT SATURDAY, sisters.
HELLO TRISH !!!!!!!!! Please fill free to just jump into the conversations or post whenever you like. 
Friendship is a priceless gift that can't be bought or sold, its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.
May this FriendSHIP always have wind in its sails and a sunrise on the horizon.
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GOOD SATURDAY MORNING FROM CALIFORNIA! Wishing everyone a beautiful day--wherever you are! Welcome to our newest member, Trisha!
Beaches and poppies,the state flower, in bloom.
Here is a quick update on the Lake County fires:
The Rocky Fire, the first one, has burned over 63,000 acres and is now 95% contained, so that is good news.
The Jerusalem Fire, in Lake as well as Napa Counties, has burned about 25,000 acres and is 25% contained.
Unfortunately it has been very hot the past couple days and temperatures all over the state are in the 90s and above....even in the coastal ares. The weather guessers are still predicting a long El Nino this winter, which would be nice from the standpoint of rainfall, but the downside would be mudslides and flooding!! Just can't win!!! HAHA They also said that it would take 3 straight years of those conditions for the drought to go away--so I guess we will just have to live with it.
Meanwhile, I read that we exceeded our state-wide "mandated" 25% reduction in water usage by 2%. YEA!! Alot of lawns are brown (and not being maintained, which seems like an excuse for laziness), but with just our 2 days a week of watering (when we don't forget to do it on Wednesdays), our lawn looks darned good! So go figure....
Signing off on the CA weather report....Jetmama reporting!!! LOL
I absolutely love him, and he’s an incredible person. We have this friendship that I have no doubt in my mind is a life-long friendship. Getting a chance to know him away from training for Dancing With the Stars, I think we've gotten a chance to know each other in a different way, which of course just makes you closer. Meryl
We fell in love, but our way. Maks
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Gabriele made note of our new registered member.
Welcome Trish. Happy to have you. Please join in.
Undoubtedly, Luv will whip up a lovely cake for you. Please join in on the fun, or we will eat it ourselves!
Have a GREAT SATURDAY, sisters.HELLO TRISH !!!!!!!!! Please fill free to just jump into the conversations or post whenever you like.
Nice, Luv....and, again, WELCOME TRISHA!! My maid of honor was a Trisha, just a bit of trivia!!
I absolutely love him, and he’s an incredible person. We have this friendship that I have no doubt in my mind is a life-long friendship. Getting a chance to know him away from training for Dancing With the Stars, I think we've gotten a chance to know each other in a different way, which of course just makes you closer. Meryl
We fell in love, but our way. Maks