<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Everyone, It was wonderful to see your faces again yesterday and hear snippets of your stories. Imagine how much worse this pandemic’s effects would be without Zoom, facetime etc? Talk about isolation!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More books I highly recommend for any of us wishing to delve further into our whiteness and it’s privileges:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Waking up White by Debby Irving</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">White Fragility</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Me and White Supremacy…this is for anyone wanting to dig a little deeper into our own private version of racism.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have also just joined our local NAACP-I haven’t been to a meeting yet but am looking forward to it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you next time and be well,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">No more Falling Lelly!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Nanny-Co<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 7, 2021, at 11:41 AM, Judy Powers via oxford63 <<a href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" class="">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Betsy -</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> This is a lovely piece your sister wrote and produced. My ear hears the similarity in your voice and hers, though I know you were not part of it. Remarkable how family voices can be like that.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I was delighted to hear from each on the class visit yesterday. The orderliness gave us each our time of speaking and listening and I learned much. I so appreciate the book and movie recommendations as well as the news of all.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> When a gathering is of familiars and for the purpose of socializing, I MUST learn to mute myself on Zoom meetings where a host doesn't control the mute (which is how church on Zoom is managed for service; then we're let loose into Breakout rooms). I get so excited to see and chat with others, I'm back to my elementary school challenge of "speaking out of turn." (I was just as inclined to be in trouble for not "staying in my seat" in grade school ...).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hang tight, dear friends. As Maine singer songwriter, Gordon Bok, shares through his soothing bass and 12-string guitar: "The world is always turning toward the morning."</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">love to all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> Judy P</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 12:49 AM Judith Whitcomb via oxford63 <<a href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" class="">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">What a wonderful gift we have been given by COVID- it has made us so much more connected. I agree that our zooming makes us want to visit more with each classmate. Thanx so much to Bonnie and Rena for making this work. Wonderful sharing with you all. Betsy- that was a lovely song by your sister.<div class="">Everyone stay safe- vaccine or no vaccine - still keep a moose length apart from others, continue to wear masks and wash, wash, wash hands. Hope we all will get through this pandemic safely</div><div class="">and see each other soon. </div><div class=""> Lots of love to all- Judy<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 6, 2021, at 6:54 PM, Deb Edson via oxford63 <<a href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank" class="">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Thank you Betsy for sharing your sister's song. It is lovely. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">It was great seeing so many of you today. I enjoyed listening to each one of you talk about what and how you are doing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">(Lelly, please don't fall again!! Yikes...scarey!) I always come away from zoom chats a bit unsettled and dissatisfied.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I feel like I just want to sit one on one with each of you and really catch up. On the other hand, without covid we wouldn't</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">even be having this much communication ... so, I am grateful. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I look forward to Bonnie's list of the books everyone mentioned. And thank you, Bonnie, for organizing the zoom session.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">And thanks, Reena, for taking over. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I find "us" to be such an interesting group ... such a variety of characters (colors) ... like a beautiful garden. I like our garden.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Looking forward to next time.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">💟 Debbie<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 6:18 PM Elizabeth Cadbury via oxford63 <<a href="mailto:oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com" target="_blank" class="">oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It was so nice “seeing” you all this afternoon! Thanks again for setting it up, Bonnie.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is the song that my sister Peggy wrote for her Threshold Choir. Sandy, you can access both song and sheet music on the Threshold website. The singing isn’t perfect, because she’s performing all the parts herself on Garage Band, but it gives you an idea of the sort of music she (and Sandy) are doing. It’s such a worthwhile cause, and I know they all miss performing now that the pandemic has closed everything down.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay safe, ladies!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Love,</div><div class="">Betsy<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=""><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Peggy <<a href="mailto:peggyscadbury@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">peggyscadbury@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Still Singing -final - 6_17_20, 10.25 AM.m4a</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">June 17, 2020 at 2:21:39 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin:0px" class=""><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Betsy <<a href="mailto:betsycadbury@yahoo.com" target="_blank" class="">betsycadbury@yahoo.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Here’s my final version of the song after tweaking some of the harmonies.<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class="">Peggy Cadbury<br class="">Sent from my iPad<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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