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We must love one another or die. ~ W.H. Auden

..yankee:

(1) an American who resides in the northern United States (particularly during the American Civil War) [synonyms : Yank, Northerner]

(2) an American who resides in New England [synonyms : New Englander, Yank]

(3) an American: a native of, or inhabitant of the United States (especially to non-Americans) [synonym:  Yank]  more »→

One of my frequent refrains in the Philippines was, “I’m wait-ing…” Today, in Panama City, Florida, I’m still awaiting the arrival of a parcel that I sent to this address from George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia on August 3! Was the package lost, or stolen, or stored for a while then placed on a ‘slow boat’?

Today Jim and Mary Cowan’s older daughter, Sister Veronica Catherine of the Pierced Heart of Jesus, and two other novice sisters, will make simple vows as Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal. They will leave emerge from two years of novitiate as they become ‘professed’ sisters. They will continue communal lives of worship and free service to the poor in the Bronx, Harlem, and wherever they may be sent to share God’s love for our materially or spiritually poor brothers and sisters.

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“She would rock the turnstiles.” ~ Humpy Wheeler, referring to Danica Patrick

UPDATE:  months later, no one has yet hired the Princess to wrestle with a NASCRAP car or truck…

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The need to be right — the sign of a vulgar mind .~ Albert Camus

Better right than righetous ..~ Jim Cowan

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I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. ~ Andy Rooney

Love your enemies, for they tell (to) you your faults. ~ Benjamin Franklin

The test of prayer is not good feelings, calmness or the amount of time spent in quiet meditation. The test of prayer is love. We know that we are truly open in prayer if God is transforming us into more loving people. ..~ Brett Hoover

I replied briefly to Mrs. Grace Michael’s e-mail missive yesterday, so I received a reply today:

“Dearest in the Lord Jesus Christ . »→

I may be getting some free money “for the Lord’s work” soon. See the following spam that I received.

Dear in Christ.

I am Mrs..grace michael an ageing widow suffering from long time illness. i am currently admitted in a privet hospital in Abidjan cote d’ ivoire, I have some funds I inherited from my late loving husband Mr Pat michael, the sum of US$5.500. 000 which he deposited in BANK Here and I need a very honest and God fearing Christian that can use this funds for God’s work and 15% out of the total funds will be for your compasation for doing this work of God. I found your email address from the internet and decid to contact you. Please if you would be able to use these funds for the Lord’s work kindly reply me.

Your Sister In The Lord.

Mrs. grace michael

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.  ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Junior

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Today I remember Team Penske racer Gonzalo Rodríguez of Uruguay who died in a Champ Car race at Laguna Seca Raceway on September 11, 1999.

I have had a photo of him in my DayRunner for ten years.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.  ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Junior

You have to choose [as a voter] between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold. ~ George Bernard Shaw

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty  . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour — property, outward success, luxury — have always seemed to me contemptible. ~ Albert Einstein